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Tens of thousands gather in Georgia for a ruling party campaign rally, ahead of elections to be held after the arrest of ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili. Georgia's president from 2004-2013, Saakashvili was arrested and imprisoned on October 1 days after he secretly returned from exile in Ukraine, prompting tens of thousands to rally in Tbilisi, demanding his release. He has been on hunger strike for nearly four weeks to protest what he calls a politically motivated prosecution and doctors expressed concerns over the risk of irreversible damage to his health. IMAGES
Tens of thousands of people rally in Mali's capital Bamako to demand the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, heeding the call of the country's newly resurgent opposition. AERIAL IMAGES
"We've won": a demonstrator shouts after a Paris court suspends a ban that had been put on the protest in Place de la Republique in central Paris. Thousands had already gathered for the rally, which started off peacefully, but later saw clashes with police, who used pepper spray to disperse the crowd. IMAGES
Tens of thousands of people defy heavy rain and gather in front of Serbia's National Assembly in Belgrade first, then in front of the public broadcaster RTS' building. It is the fourth anti-government protest following the two mass shootings that rocked Serbia earlier this month. IMAGES
Thousands of supporters from multiple opposition parties, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), have taken to the streets of the capital Dhaka to protest against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and demand new elections. IMAGES
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