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Added on the 17/11/2020 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Clashes break out between police and protesters in central Athens, as police fire tear gas at firebomb-throwing protesters outside parliament during a large demonstration to protest last week's deadly train crash. Dozens of masked, black-clad protesters hurl Molotov cocktails and stones at riot police as more than 40,000 take to the streets of the capital. IMAGES
Riot police in Senegal's capital Dakar shoot tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a rally of hundreds of demonstrators who were cheering the release under judicial review of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who faces charges of rape. IMAGES
Police approach the US Congress, line up outside the building surrounded by Donald Trump supporters protesting the election certification outside and enter the building. A congressman has said police have drawn guns inside the Capitol building to protect lawmakers and that "tear gas" has been used in the Capitol Rotunda. Congressional offices have been evacuated. IMAGES
Hong Kong police fire tear gas at protesters on Saturday holding a banned rally against suspected triad gangs who beat up pro-democracy demonstrators near the Chinese border last weekend, tipping the finance hub further into chaos. IMAGES
One person was shot in undetermined circumstances as hundreds of people were protesting the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte on Wednesday. Protesters and police clashed in the city centre as authorities fired volleys of teargas cannisters at the demonstrators. Police claim that Scott was carrying a gun, while his family is saying he was carrying a book. His death is the latest incident in recent police killings of black males.