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Catalan separatists flood the streets of Barcelona in a test of their strength ahead of fresh negotiations with the Spanish government. The protest coincides with Catalonia's national day, or "Diada", which commemorates the 1714 fall of Barcelona in the War of the Spanish Succession and the region's subsequent loss of institutions. At its peak in 2014, the annual demonstration brought an estimated 1.8 million people onto the streets. IMAGES
Yemen's internationally recognised government signs a Saudi-brokered power-sharing agreement with southern separatists, aimed at ending a conflict simmering within the country's long-running civil war. IMAGES
Thousands of Huthi supporters chant slogans against Israel and the United States during a mass rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day. The Jerusalem Day, an initiative started by the late founder of the Islamic republic in Iran, is held annually on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in support of the Palestinian people. IMAGES
In Mont-de-Marsan, several elected officials and local residents are meeting to rally against a bill to ban bullfighting. The text, supported by the deputy Aymeric Carron, has little chance of being adopted but has already provoked heated debates. IMAGES
Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro rally on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo on Brazil's national day in one of several massive, politically charged festivities across the country. IMAGES
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).