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Holding rainbow flags and chanting, people demonstrate against the late cardinal George Pell in Sydney outside St Mary’s Cathedral where thousands attended his funeral service. Pell, a Vatican powerbroker who rose from humble beginnings in small town Australia, died in Rome in January, aged 81. IMAGES
Protesters march through the streets of London to demand a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and an end to Israel's ground offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. IMAGES
Protesters gather outside the BBC's headquarters for a march through central London in support of Palestinians. The war in Gaza was triggered by Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7 that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,160 people in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures. Israel's subsequent offensive on Gaza has killed at least 27,238 people, most of them women and under-18s, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry. IMAGES
Several thousand protesters march to the Israeli embassy in Athens in solidarity with the Palestinian people, with many protesters chanting "Free Palestine" whilst calling for immediate ceasefire in the deadly war between Israel and Hamas. Since Hamas militants stormed across the Israeli border on October 7, Israel has relentlessly bombarded the Gaza Strip and sent in ground troops, with the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory saying 9,770 people have been killed, nearly half of them -- at least 4,800 -- children. IMAGES
Hundreds of people gather in Rennes, northern France, for a demonstration 'against austerity, for wages and gender equality', as part of a nationwide movement called by an inter-union coalition. IMAGES