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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia arrive at a square in Caracas cheered by crowds of supporters, the day after protests broke out in the capital contesting Nicolas Maduro's election win. Machado called for families to turn out for "popular assemblies" nationwide to show support for a peaceful transition of power. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin joins hands with the leaders of the newly annexed Moscow-occupied regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, chanting 'Russia!'. The President and the four leaders sign an annexation treaty in the St George’s Hall at the Kremlin, in front of Russian deputies and senators. IMAGES
Thai pro-democracy protesters gather near the headquarters of the Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) in Bangkok, as police summoned 12 of their leaders to answer charges of royal defamation, the first use of the draconian law in almost three years. IMAGES
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain over a failed 2017 independence bid, draws vast crowds of supporters to a rally in southern France near the Catalan border. It is the first time the former Catalan president has ventured so close to the Spanish frontier since he fled to Brussels to escape prosecution following the failed secession bid that sparked Spain's worst political crisis in decades. IMAGES
Anti-separatist demonstrators gather in Barcelona at the call of an association against Catalonia's independence 'Sociedad Civil Catalana.' The rally follows Saturday's demonstration which saw thousands of separatist demonstrators clash with police in central Barcelona. IMAGES
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