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Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro for a second nationwide demonstration in as many weeks over the government's plan to slash education spending. IMAGES
Tens of thousands of Brazilian students and teachers march in Rio de Janeiro against proposed plans by President Jair Bolsonaro's government to cut funding for research and education. IMAGES
Backpacks representing victims of school attacks are displayed outside the National Congress in Brasilia to demand approval of Bill 2630, which seeks to regulate social media activity. The government of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recently announced a series of restrictions on social media in a bid to curb the "epidemic" of school attacks. In April, four children between four and seven years old were killed in a preschool in Blumenau, a city in southern Santa Catarina state, when a man carrying a hatchet stormed the facility. IMAGES
Thousands take to the streets in London as half a million teachers and workers are on strike throughout Britain, calling for higher wages in the largest such walkout in over a decade. Organised by the TUC, Britain's umbrella labour organisation the Trades Union Congress, the strike closes thousands of schools and severely disrupts transport. IMAGES
Athens (Greece), Jan 28 (EFE), (Camera: Alberto Borreguero).- Despite a government ban, thousands of students and teachers have walked the main streets across Greece on Thursday in protest against the new education bill. A couple of days ago the head of the Greek Police, Mikhail Karamalakis, announced the veto of public meetings of more than 100 people but this has not prevented students from mobilizing in several cities.FOOTAGE OF THE STUDENT AND TEACHER PROTEST IN ATHENS.