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Riot police clash with May Day protesters in Istanbul's Sarachane neighbourhood, with tens of thousands of officers deployed across the city to clamp down on similar gatherings. Istanbul's central Taksim Square was closed to rallies after 2013 demonstrations against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, a move that was ruled a violation of rights by Turkey's top constitutional court in 2023. Protesters and a number of opposition politicians have called for the square to be reopened to labour rallies. IMAGES
Chilean protesters and police clash in the capital Santiago on the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile, which ousted socialist Salvador Allende and gave rise to the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. 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
Riot police use water cannons against hundreds of students who demonstrate outside the presidential palace demanding more resources for education ahead of Chilean president Gabriel Boric's cabinet reshuffle after the overwhelming rejection of the new constitution draft in a referendum. IMAGES
Police officers wearing full body armours fire rubber bullets and use tear gas to disperse protesters gathered on the streets of the Colombian capital for a third night, following numerous clashes triggered by the death of a man who was repeatedly tasered by police, in which at least 10 people have been killed. IMAGES
Protesters throw stones at riot police near the town of Mantamados on the Greek island of Lesbos as they protest against the construction of a new migrant camp nearby. IMAGES
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