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Added on the 21/08/2021 11:15:47 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Police used pepper spray in a number of confrontations and made over 200 arrests in Melbourne, as several hundred attendees flouted stay-at-home orders and marched through an inner-city suburb. The illegal gathering comes amid city's sixth lockdown since the pandemic started, with the wider state of Victoria reporting over 500 cases of Covid-19 on Saturday. IMAGES
Israeli police push back anti-government protesters rallying in Tel Aviv to demand early elections and a hostage deal, amid growing anger at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war in Gaza. One of the demonstrators can be seen being pushed to the ground and led away by the police. IMAGES
Israeli security forces use water canons to disperse anti-government protesters gathering in Tel Aviv, demanding the government's resignation amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian militant Hamas movement. IMAGES
Anti-Macky Sall demonstrators are pushed back by police officers on the outskirts of the Place de la Bourse in Paris, where an international summit for a "new global finance pact" is being held, in which the Senegalese President is taking part. IMAGES
Protesters and police clash in Lima after Peruvian lawmakers once again failed to agree on a plan to bring forward elections in a bid to end weeks of deadly protests that have brought parts of the South American country to a standstill. IMAGES
Anti-government protesters clash with police in the streets of Lima as Peru's embattled president Dina Boluarte urged lawmakers to find a way out of a deepening political crisis by agreeing to snap elections in December. IMAGES