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Sudanese police fire tear gas as activists call for protests against military rule in the capital Khartoum. Security forces had erected road blocks on bridges crossing the Nile river linking Khartoum to its suburbs, according to AFP reporters, to deter protesters who had vowed to take to the streets in large numbers following a period of relative calm over the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha which ended early last week. Sudan's latest coup derailed a transition to civilian rule, sparking near-weekly protests and a crackdown by security forces that has left at least 114 killed, according to pro-democracy medics. IMAGES
Chilean police fire water cannons and throw tear gas canisters at crowds gathered at Santiago's emblematic Plaza Italia -- which has emerged as the epicenter of anti-government protests -- on the 47th anniversary of the coup d'etat orchestrated by General Augusto Pinochet that ousted President Salvador Allende and led to a 17-year-long dictatorship. IMAGES
Tear gas and water cannon are fired as opposition leader Raila Odinga's convoy moves through Kawangware, a congested slum of the capital, Nairobi, sending people scattering, with police also firing canisters at cars carrying journalists. Odinga had called for protests every Monday and Thursday against the government of President William Ruto, who he claims stole last year's election, and is failing to address the high cost of living. IMAGES
Lebanese security fores use tear gas to disperse retired army and security forces veterans demanding inflation-adjustments to their pensions, as they protest outside the government palace headquarters in Beirut. IMAGES
Clashes break out between police and protesters in central Athens, as police fire tear gas at firebomb-throwing protesters outside parliament during a large demonstration to protest last week's deadly train crash. Dozens of masked, black-clad protesters hurl Molotov cocktails and stones at riot police as more than 40,000 take to the streets of the capital. IMAGES
Police fire tear gas at protesters mobbing the Prime minister's residence in Colombo as crisis-hit Sri Lanka declared an indefinite nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country. IMAGES
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