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Added on the 15/09/2021 08:00:23 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Chinese speculators who claim to have lost money on risky investments mount a rare protest in Beijing, a uncommon sight in the capital despite plunging prices on the country's stock exchanges.
People are protesting in Sydney as the country debates whether it should recognise its long-suffering Indigenous population within the constitution. Australia Day on January 26 has traditionally celebrated the arrival of European settlers at Sydney Harbour in 1788, and typically been observed with beach parties and backyard barbecues. IMAGES
Domestic abuse charity Refuge lays 1,071 rotten apples outside London's New Scotland Yard, headquarters of the city's Metropolitan Polcie. Each apple represents an officer in the UK's largest force who is currently, or has been, under investigation for "domestic abuse or other forms of sexual violence against women". The Met is reeling from a week in which a serving officer was exposed as a serial rapist and two retired officers were charged with child sex offences.
A Chinese police patrol orders people to delete content on their smartphones on Urumqi street in downtown Shanghai, where demonstrators gathered over the weekend to protest against Covid-19 lockdowns and call for greater political freedoms.
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