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Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont leads a protest outside the Generalitat in Barcelona, a day after Catalonia's regional government declared victory in a banned secession referendum, the results of which have been rejected by Madrid. IMAGES
Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who fled Spain over his role in a failed 2017 independence bid for the wealthy region, returned to Spain on Thursday after seven years on the run. IMAGES
Images show the Mohammad Ibn Abd al Wahhab Mosque in Doha, Qatar, where the funeral prayer for Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh will be held. Haniyeh was killed on Wednesday July 31 in a strike on Tehran that Hamas and Iran have blamed on Israel. IMAGES
Images of the Chonchocoro high-security prison not far from Bolivia's capital La Paz where the suspected leaders of a failed coup against President Luis Arce are set to be held. Former army chief Juan Jose Zuniga, former head of navy Juan Arnez and Alejandro Irahola, former head of the army's mechanized brigade, face charges of engaging in an armed uprising and terrorism and face up to 20 years in prison. IMAGES
Ecuador's police arrest a gang leader accused in a failed plot to assassinate Ecuador's attorney general, three months after escaping from prison, according to officials. Fabricio Colon Pico, a leader of the Los Lobos gang, was one of the country's most wanted men. IMAGES