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Hundreds of people backing the coup in Niger gather for a mass rally in the capital Niamey with some brandishing giant Russian flags, AFP journalists said. IMAGES
Colombians rally in the center of the capital, in Plaza Bolivar, in support of President Gustavo Petro. IMAGES
The heads of West African states gather in Abuja to hold an extraordinary summit on Niger, following a coup d'etat which has established military leaders as the new heads of state. The summit follows an announcement overnight by Niger's military regime that they had formed a new government. ECOWAS says it has not ruled out military intervention in order to reinstate overthrown president Mohamed Bazoum. IMAGES
Nearly 30,000 supporters of the coup in Niger gather in a stadium in the capital, Niamey. The rally takes place as the deadline set by the west African bloc -- the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) -- for the military to relinquish control of the country, or face possible armed intervention, is set to lapse. IMAGES
Demonstrators burn a French flag and attack an entrance to the French embassy in Niamey during a demonstration bringing together thousands of people in support of the military junta and General Abdourahamane Tiani, head of the elite presidential guard, who has proclaimed himself the new leader of the West African country. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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