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Added on the 14/02/2022 19:29:18 - Copyright : AFP EN
Belgian police screen traffic at a checkpoint in an effort to stop a Canada-style protest convoy against Covid regulations reaching Brussels. Demonstrators in the self-proclaimed "freedom convoy" are seeking to head north to the seat of the European Union in defiance of a Belgian ban after a weekend trying to block traffic in France. IMAGES
Police are carrying out checks on the Paris ring road at the Porte de Saint-Cloud as convoys of protesters against vaccine passes inspired by similar protests in Ottawa begin to arrive in Paris with the aim of defying a prefectural ban on public demonstrations. IMAGES
A convoy of protesting farmers on their way to the wholesale Rungis market, south of Paris -- a key food distribution hub for the capital, was blocked by police at Sully-sur-Loire, in north-central France. IMAGES
Police mass in order around the Arc de Triomphe and on the Champs-Elysées as the first demonstrators coming from the anti-vaccine pass convoys arrive in Paris. IMAGES
Anti-vaccine protesters confront police outside New Zealand's parliament Thursday. Dozens were arrested after demonstrators who have laid siege to the legislature for three days were ordered to move on. IMAGES + VIDI9Z64A7_EN +
Police fire tear gas and block an exit path during a protest against police brutality and racism in central Paris. Organisers of the rally attempted to keep people calm and "not provoke them", even after tear gas cannisters were fired into the large crowd. IMAGES