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People hold banners and wreaths and chant slogans in a protest to mark the ten-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh. More than 1,130 people died in the catastrophe, spotlighting the global fashion industry's reliance on developing world labour working in dangerous and sometimes deadly conditions. IMAGES
Flipped cars, paving stones and garbage fires: Italy square, in the south of Paris, is the scene of sporadic outbreaks of violence, quickly drowned in a flood of tear gas, as the 'yellow vests' celebrate the first anniversary of their movement. IMAGES
Lebanese protesters march in the capital Beirut to mark three years since one of history's biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked the city. IMAGES
Tensions are high in Paris between police officers and demonstrators demanding "justice for Nahel", the 17-year-old killed by a police officer in Nanterre, a suburb of the city. IMAGES
Ten years after the death of anti-fascist activist Clement Meric in 2013, following a brawl with skinheads, his relatives and the organisation of which he was a member gather in Paris for a demonstration. In France, the "Antifa" movement is experiencing a resurgence in mobilisation, particularly in response to the growth of the ultra-right. IMAGES
Protesters take to the streets of Paris, burn down signs and clash with French security forces in the most serious violence yet of a three-month revolt against President Emmanuel Macron's hugely controversial pension reform. Dozens of police were injured, and dozens of protesters arrested nationwide, the government said, as a day of protests descended into violence in several cities including Paris, where protesters lit fires in the historic centre of the city. IMAGES