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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
An estimated 23,000 in Japan protest the government's proposed relaunch of its nuclear industry, four years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima shut it down. Vanessa Johnston reports.
Tens of thousands march in Madrid for Spanish anti-austerity party Podemos, whose policies and surging pre-election popularity have drawn comparisons with Greece's new Syriza rulers. Yiming Woo reports.
Thousands rally outside the French embassy in Niamey, to protest against France's presence in the country. Demonstrators hold up signs reading 'Long live the Nigerien army, down with France, down with ECOWAS' (Economic Community of West African States). Former colonial ruler France has suspended security cooperation and financial aid to the jihadist-hit country after General Abdourahamane Tiani, head of the elite Presidential Guard, on Friday declared himself the West African country's new leader, two days after his forces confined democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum to his official residence. 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
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