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Havana, Jul 11 (EFE).- Thousands of Cubans took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the government in an unprecedented day that resulted in clashes and many arrests after President Miguel Díaz-Canel ordered his supporters to confront the demonstrators.The protests, the largest in Cuba since August 1994, came as the country battles a serious economic and health crisis, with the pandemic out of control and a severe shortage of food, medicine and other essentials, in addition to long power outages. (Camera: FELIPE BORREGO).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO PROTEST AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT IN HAVANA, CUBA.
Bangladeshi garment workers demanding a hike in their minimum wage return to their shifts following a week of violent protests, with some 600 businesses which had remained shuttered as a result of the unrest beginning to reopen. Bangladesh's 3,500 garment factories account for around 85 percent of the South Asian country's $55 billion annual exports, supplying many of the world's top names in fashion including Levi's, Zara and H&M. IMAGES
Images of barricades and police presence on Shanghai's Wulumuqi street, a day after protests against zero-Covid policy. Protests have erupted in Shanghai as well as others major cities across the country, a rare outpouring of public anger against the state. IMAGES
Police in Armenia arrest hundreds of protesters as opposition supporters seek to spread their month-long anti-government demonstrations throughout Yerevan. Yerevan has been gripped by anti-government protests since mid-April, with opposition parties demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation over his handling of a territorial dispute with Azerbaijan. IMAGES
Sudanese anti-military demonstrators block roads in the capital, Khartoum, during protest against the detention of Sudan's prime minister by the armed forces, over his refusal to support their "coup". IMAGES TO COMPLETE: VIDI9QD3AK_EN
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).