Chile President Pinera declares emergency as capital rocked by riots
Chile President Pinera declares emergency as capital rocked by riotsBlack-hooded protesters enraged by recent fare hikes on public transportation lit fires at several metro stations, looted shops, burned a public bus and swung metal pipes at train station turnstiles during Friday's afternoon commute, according to witnesses, social media and television footage.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have marched peacefully in Chile 's capital , intensifying pressure on a government struggling to contain deadly Some Chileans in cars and motorcycles joined the protest , held to demand an end to private highway tolls. Most car drivers pay between and 0
Santiago: Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched peacefully in Chile 's capital on Friday, intensifying pressure on a government More than a million people gather at Plaza Italia during the eighth day of protests against President Sebastian Piñera's government in Santiago, Chile .
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People gather during an anti-government protest in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. At least 19 people have died in the turmoil that has swept the South American nation. The unrest began as a protest over a 4-cent increase in subway fares and soon morphed into a larger movement over growing inequality in one of Latin America's wealthiest countries. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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An anti-government protester bangs on a pan in front of La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. A new round of clashes broke out Friday as demonstrators returned to the streets, dissatisfied with economic concessions announced by the government in a bid to curb a week of deadly violence.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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Anti-government demonstrators march in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. A new round of clashes broke out Friday as demonstrators returned to the streets, dissatisfied with economic concessions announced by the government in a bid to curb a week of violence that began with a protest over a hike in subway fares. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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An anti-government protester runs near a burning barricade in Valparaiso, Chile, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. A new round of clashes broke out Friday as demonstrators returned to the streets, dissatisfied with economic concessions announced by the government in a bid to curb a week of deadly violence.(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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An anti-government protester holds out Chilean flag during clashes with police in Valparaiso, Chile, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. A new round of clashes broke out Friday as demonstrators returned to the streets, dissatisfied with economic concessions announced by the government in a bid to curb a week of deadly violence.(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Police aim a shotgun during clashes with anti-government protesters in Valparaiso, Chile, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. A new round of clashes broke out Friday as demonstrators returned to the streets, dissatisfied with economic concessions announced by the government in a bid to curb a week of deadly violence.(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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An anti-government protester is carried away after being injured during clashes with police in Valparaiso, Chile, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. A new round of clashes broke out Friday as demonstrators returned to the streets, dissatisfied with economic concessions announced by the government in a bid to curb a week of deadly violence. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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An anti-government protester peers out from behind his skateboard during clashes with police in Valparaiso, Chile, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. A new round of clashes broke out Friday as demonstrators returned to the streets, dissatisfied with economic concessions announced by the government in a bid to curb a week of deadly violence.(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Policemen walk past a cut of angels holding a Chilean national and wearing a banner that reads in Spanish: "New Constitution", in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. At least 19 people have died in the turmoil that has swept the South American nation. The unrest began as a protest over a 4-cent increase in subway fares and soon morphed into a larger movement over growing inequality in one of Latin America's wealthiest countries. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Anti-government demonstrators march in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. Demonstrators returned to the streets, dissatisfied with economic concessions announced by the government in a bid to curb a week of violence and looting that began with a protest over a hike in subway fares. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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People gather during an anti-government protest in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. At least 19 people have died in the turmoil that has swept the South American nation. The unrest began as a protest over a 4-cent increase in subway fares and soon morphed into a larger movement over growing inequality in one of Latin America's wealthiest countries. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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An anti-government protester returns a tear gas canister to police during clashes in Valparaiso, Chile, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. A new round of clashes broke out Friday as demonstrators returned to the streets, dissatisfied with economic concessions announced by the government in a bid to curb a week of deadly violence.(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched peacefully in Chile's capital Friday, intensifying pressure on a government struggling to contain deadly unrest over economic hardship.
Hong Kong police, protesters clash; hundreds of shops trashed
Hong Kong police and protesters exchanged tear gas and petrol bombs as an illegal anti-government march that attracted tens of thousands descended into chaos, with hundreds of shops trashed and Chinese banks and metro stations targeted. After two weeks of relative calm, the major rally showed that the pro-democracy campaign had not lost support and that hardcore protesters will continue to clash with police.Protesters dressed in black erected fiery barriers on Nathan Road, a major retail strip in the Kowloon district, as scores of riot police, shields in front, marched towards them, while others fired tear gas.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched peacefully in Chile ’s capital Friday, intensifying pressure on a government struggling to Piñera acknowledged the huge turnout of Chileans , saying they marched peacefully to deliver a call for a fairer and more supportive country.
An anti - government protester displays a Chilean flag during during clashes with police in Valparaíso, Chile , Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. Speaking before the huge protest in Santiago, she said she expected protesters to become more organized, and that it was unlikely that Piñera, who took office last year
The huge throng surged toward a central plaza as participants blew whistles, banged pots and pans and carried Chilean flags and posters demanding change. The diverse crowd included students, workers, parents and their children.
"All of Chile is marching here," Santiago Mayor Karla Rubilar said, adding that there was hope as well as sadness among the demonstrators.
The official crowd estimate was 1 million, the mayor said.
"After what we saw in the streets of Santiago today, it's hard to imagine a way forward that does not involve" the resignation of President Sebastián Piñera and new elections, said Jenny Pribble, associate professor of political science at the University of Richmond in the United States.
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'Baby Shark' song used to soothe toddler becomes rallying cry in Lebanon
A popular children's song became a rallying cry in Lebanon after protesters in Beirut spontaneously sang the hit to calm a toddler caught in the midst of a noisy demonstration. When driver Eliane Jabbour was surrounded by a rally in the capital last weekend, she asked protesters if they could stop shouting as her young son, Robin, was asleep in the front passenger seatOn the spot, Eliane relates, the crowd spontaneously broke out into a rendition of the song "Baby Shark", complete with hand gestures depicting a shark's bite, and big smiles.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched peacefully in Chile ’s capital Friday, intensifying pressure on a government struggling to Piñera acknowledged the huge turnout of Chileans , saying they marched peacefully to deliver a call for a fairer and more supportive country.
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chileans gathered Tuesday for a 12th day of demonstrations that began with youth protests over a subway fare hike and have become a leaderless national movement demanding greater equality and better public Masses of Chileans jam capital in protest against government .
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Supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (JUI) carry party flags as they participate in a rally in Karachi, Pakistan, on Oct. 25, 2019. JUI chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman had announced that the party will begin its anti-government "Azadi March" on Oct. 27.
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Syrian government forces drive along a road in the countryside of the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on Oct. 25, 2019. Damascus and Moscow deployed extra forces to Syria's border with Turkey, even as Washington, D.C., partially reversed a drawback to boost its own military presence near key Syrian oil fields.
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Students stand in formation during a rally marking the Day of the Flag of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Board Chairman Tigran Sargsyan and Serbia's Prime Minister Ana Brnabić during a ceremony to sign the Free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and its member-states and Serbia at the Skolkovo Innovations Center in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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Sri Lanka People's Front party presidential election candidate and former wartime defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa (L) and his brother, former president and opposition leader, Mahinda Rajapaksa, look at the manifesto book during its launching ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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Hundreds of people march on the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, on Oct, 25, 2019, in protest over U.S. sanctions that the Zimbabwean government blames for the country's worsening economic problems.
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A police water cannon is deployed on a demonstrator during a protest against Chile's state economic model in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 25, 2019.
Argentina’s center-left Peronists celebrate return to power
Argentina’s Peronists celebrated their return to power after incumbent President Mauricio Macri conceded defeat in a dramatic election that likely swung the country back to the center-left, saw the return of a divisive former president and threatened to rattle financial markets. As investors nervously eyed Monday’s market opening, thousands of jubilant supporters of Alberto Fernández and his vice presidential running mate, ex-president Cristina Fernández, waved sky-blue and white Argentine flags and chanted “We’re coming back! We’re coming back!”“Today, Alberto is the president of all Argentines,” Cristina Fernández told supporters, so
Chile 's government has extended a state of emergency to several cities, after a weekend of violent clashes, looting and arson attacks. It brings the death toll from violent protests to at least seven, Chile 's interior minister said Sunday. "We are at war against a powerful enemy, who is willing to use
Ruptly is live from Santiago on Friday, November 8, as protesters take to the streets of Santiago to show their discontent with the Chilean government . The current wave of protests considered to be the largest in decades, was sparked by a now-suspended metro fare hike.
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Protesters stand on a concrete wall during a demonstration against corruption, lack of jobs, and poor services, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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Islami Andolan Bangladesh activists take part in a protest after Jumma prayer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 25, 2019. The protest is being held five days after deadly clashes in Bhola district when police shot at Bangladeshi Muslims protesting over Facebook messages that allegedly defamed the Prophet Mohammed.
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A high-profile Ethiopian activist, Jawar Mohammed, is photographed during an interview, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Oct. 25, 2019. He has accused Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of acting like a dictator and said he might challenge him in elections planned for next year.
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University students march during a strike against the results of last Sunday's election in La Paz, Bolivia, on Oct. 25, 2019. Bolivia's electoral tribunal concluded its count of general election votes and confirmed the controversial re-election of President Evo Morales.
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Slovenian Defense Minister Karl Erjavec attends the NATO Defense Ministers Meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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People hold a prayer event for Myanmar migrant workers Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun, who were sentenced to death for rape and murder by Thai courts, in Yangon, Myanmar, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (R) receives Vice President of Afghanistan Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum (L) at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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Newly elected President of Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kurt Okraku gives a speech after the GFA president's election in Accra, Ghana, on Oct. 25, 2019. The position of the president has been vacant since the corruption scandal that erupted on June 2018 where various members of the organisation were caught taking bribes on a special documentary by the investigative Ghanaian journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
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Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers arrive at the site of a suicide car bomb blast in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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National Transportation Safety Committee investigator Nurcahyo Utomo holds a model of an airplane during a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Oct. 25, 2019. An Indonesian investigation found a Lion Air flight that crashed and killed 189 people a year ago was doomed by a combination of aircraft design flaws, inadequate training and maintenance problems.
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President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko (L), and President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, hold a joint press conference after their meeting at Presidential Palace in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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Poland Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak (L) talks with acting U.S. Secretary for Defense Mark Esper (R) and Slovakian Defence Minister Peter Gajdos on the second day of defense ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro makes a speech during the 18th summit of Non-Aligned Movement in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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Flooded houses are seen in the city of Sakura in Japan on Oct. 26, 2019. Japan was hit by heavy rains just two weeks after a deadly typhoon barreled through the country.
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James Jeffrey, U.S. Special Representative for Syria, addresses the media after a meeting with senior officials from seven Arab and Western countries along with United Nations Special Envoy Geir Pedersen in Geneva, Switzerland, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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Queen Elizabeth II receives the Ambassador of Bulgaria in London Marin Raykov and his wife Mariana Raykova, during a private audience at the Buckingham Palace in London, England, on Oct. 24, 2019.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 24, 2019.
'Justice for Jerry': Runaway bull charms Croatia
The plight of a fugitive one-year-old bull named Jerry has won hearts in Croatia after the animal escaped from a slaughterhouse last Friday and has been on the lam ever since. Charmed by the 650-kilogramme (1,433-pound) brown bovine's jailbreak, Croatians are calling for his life to spared."Justice for Jerry" and "Hang in there Jerry!" read some of the comments rooting for the bull on social media.A cat-and-mouse game has emerged as police, veterinarians and hunters help search for the bull, who was nicknamed after the mouse in the iconic Tom and Jerry cartoon series.
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North Macedonian Defense Minister Radmila Šekerinska (R) and Slovenian Defense Minister Karl Erjavec attend the NATO Defense Ministers Meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 24, 2019.
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Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pray for his health outside the Services Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 24, 2019.
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The accused in a murder case are seen inside a prison van after they were given death sentences in Feni, Bangladesh, on Oct. 24, 2019.
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Police officers are seen during a protest in La Paz, Bolivia, on Oct. 24, 2019.
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Michael Barkin, special advisor at U.S. Mission, speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., on Oct. 24, 2019.
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Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace La Casa Grande del Pueblo in La Paz, Bolivia, on Oct. 24, 2019.
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A garage damaged in a shelling attack on the village of Golmovsky in Ukraine on Oct. 24, 2019.
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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gives a speech during the Brazil-China Business Seminar in Beijing, China, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is welcomed by Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at Presidential Palace in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 25, 2019.
Hong Kong protesters hurl petrol bombs after police fire tear gas to clear rally
Hong Kong protesters hurl petrol bombs after police fire tear gas to clear rallyHong Kong anti-government protesters set fire to shops and hurled petrol bombs on Sunday, police said, after riot police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse thousands in the Tsim Sha Tsui harbour-front hotel district.
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Supporters of Mauricio Macri, Argentina's president and current presidential candidate, attend a closing campaign rally in Córdoba, Argentina, on Oct. 24, 2019.
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Artists rehearse a scene from the opera "Aida" at the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut in the West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, on Oct. 24, 2019.
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Demonstrators try to remove the fence during a protest over corruption, lack of jobs, and poor services, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 25, 2019.
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (front) attends the first plenary meeting of the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 24, 2015.
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Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gather outside a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, where he is admitted, on Oct. 23, 2019. Sharif, who was convicted on corruption charges, was rushed to the hospital from the prison after recent blood tests raised doctors' concern.
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Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (R) meets Foreign Minister of Iran Javad Zarif in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 24, 2019.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari during the welcoming ceremony at the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2019.
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Criminalists work at the scene where two men were killed in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 23, 2019, after a grenade explosion.
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Primary school teachers gather in front of Shaheed Minar to press forth their demand of upgrading their salaries, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 23, 2019.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi speaks during a symbolic funeral ceremony of Major General Ali al-Lami, former commander of the Iraqi Federal Police's Fourth Division, who was killed in Salahuddin, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 23, 2019.
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Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (L) is welcomed at the Sochi International Airport, as he arrives to take part in the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 23, 219.
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People cross the Simón Bolívar International Bridge to Venezuela from Colombia, on Oct. 23, 2019, prior to its temporary closure by the Colombian authorities as a security measure for the upcoming regional elections.
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Deputy Speaker and Special Parliamentary Select Committee Chairman Ananda Kumarasiri speaks during a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 23, 2019.
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A protester is detained by police in Kampala, Uganda, on Oct. 23, 2019. Lectures at Makerere University have been interrupted for a second day by students protesting a 15% tuition rise.
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Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Summit at the Sirius Park of Science and Art in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2019.
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Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) attends the cocktail party hosted by the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and his spouse Akie Abe in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 23, 2019
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Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is seen ahead of the official welcoming ceremony at the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2019.
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Members of the Syrian regime inspect the location where a car bomb exploded in the northeastern town of Qamishli in Syria on Oct. 23, 2019. The town is mainly controlled by Kurdish forces.
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A man collects marigold flowers for the upcoming Tihar festival in Ichangu Narayan village, Nepal, on Oct. 23, 2019.
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Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is seen ahead of the official welcoming ceremony for the heads of state participating in the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2019.
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A Greenpeace activist spills fake oil during a protest against the government's environmental policies in front of the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Oct. 23, 2019.
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Central Election Commission officials in Pristina, Kosovo, are dressed in white disposable overalls and are wearing face masks as they count votes that arrived from Serbia on Oct. 23, 2019. Vote counting has been suspended in Kosovo after several Central Election Commission officials reported health problems, including allergic reactions and skin problems after opening ballot boxes from Serbia.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (L) shakes hands with Pakistan's President Arif Alvi at the Akasaka State Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 23, 2019.
Spain likely to host COP25 climate change summit after Chile's withdrawal
Spain likely to host COP25 climate change summit after Chile's withdrawalThe summit is aimed at fleshing out details of the implementation of the landmark Paris Agreement climate pact, amid calls for urgent action from environmental groups and climate protesters.
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People march against a project that proposes security measures, such as the creation of a military guard to counter crime and insecurity, to be voted in a referendum during general election, in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Hefazat-e-Islam activists take part in a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 22, 2019, two days after deadly clashes in Bhola district when police shot Bangladeshi Muslims protesting over Facebook messages that allegedly defamed the Prophet Mohammed.
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Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at the Imperial Palace for the Court Banquets after the Ceremony of the Enthronement of Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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A worker is seen sampling phosphate at a packing warehouse at the Dorowa mine in Wedza, Zimbabwe, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Police gather around the Supreme Electoral Court during clashes with demonstrators in La Paz, Bolivia, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) meets with China's special envoy for Middle East affairs Zhai Jun, in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visits army troops in war-torn northwestern Idlib province, Syria, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Catholics demonstrate in a silent and non-violent march in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, against the government on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speak before Erdogan leaves the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 22, 2019.
Cuba lashes Trump, issues rallying cry to fight imperialism
Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro, President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro signaled on Sunday punishing U.S. sanctions would only stiffen their resolve to stick together and support social change in the region. The three leaders presided over the closing session of a solidarity conference in Havana on Sunday, a meeting that drew more than 1,300 social activists, mainly from Latin America.
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People bang pots as protests against high living costs, in Concepción, Chile, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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The streets of Faisal area after heavy rains in Cairo, Egypt, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Men work on top of a marquee which they used for a mobile planetarium, in Boralesgamuwa, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Farmer basks rice grains in the sunlight using a traditional method at Bhaktapur, Nepal, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Servicemen descending with parachutes from an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft during a joint military drill held by Russia and Belarus, in the village of Muchavec, Belarus, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev and his wife Desislava Radeva leave after attending the Enthronement Ceremony of Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa (L) is welcomed at Sochi Airport in Russia, on Oct. 22, 2019, to take part in the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum.
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Senator Tasso Jereissati speaks during a session to vote on the pension reform bill in Brasília, Brazil, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (R) and his Lithuanian counterpart Linas Antanas Linkevičius shake hands after their press conference in Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Teachers protest in front of the Ministry of Education on the first day of a two-day strike in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif shout anti-government slogans outside a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 22, 2019. Sharif, who was convicted on corruption charges, has been rushed to hospital from the prison after recent blood tests raised doctors' concerns.
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Liberal leader and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau wave to supporters after the federal election at the
Palais des Congrès in Montreal, Canada, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Japan's Emperor Naruhito attends a ceremony to proclaim his enthronement to the world, called Sokuirei-Seiden-no-gi, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 22, 2019.
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Demonstrators run as a riot police cannon sprays water during a protest against Chile's state economic model in Santiago, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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Christian devotees pray during a service at the St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 21, 2019, six months after a suicide bomber attack that killed 54 people during an Easter Sunday mass.
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Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Carlos Mesa, a former president, gather outside the Supreme Electoral Court where election ballots are being counted in La Paz, Bolivia, on Oct. 21, 2019. President Evo Morales is close to avoiding a runoff in his re-election bid, Bolivia’s top electoral authority said on Oct. 21, a day after a sudden halt in the release of returns stoked confusion and protests.
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Displaced Kurds stuck at a border, after a Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria, wait to cross to the Iraqi side, at the Semalka Border Crossing, next to Derik city, Syria, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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Protesters chant slogans during a rally calling for the former ruling party to be dissolved and for ex-officials to be put on trial in Khartoum, Sudan, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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A potter makes earthenware oil lamps in preparation for the upcoming Tihar (Diwali) festival in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on Oct. 21, 2019.
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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari (C) welcomed at Sochi International Airport as he arrives to take part in the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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Tunisia's new President Kais Saied (C) arrives at the Tunisian National Anti-Corruption Authority, to declare his property in Tunis, Tunisia, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) invites his Bulgarian counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva to start their talks in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper (L) is welcomed by Saudi Arabia's Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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Rowers make their way on Lake Komsomolskoye in Minsk, Belarus, at sunrise, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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A convoy of U.S. vehicles is seen after withdrawing from northern Syria, on the outskirts of Dohuk, Iraq, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at a conference that Iran is hosting on unilateralism and international law at the Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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Islamist activists shout slogans as they take part in a protest, a day after deadly clashes when police shot at Muslims protesting Facebook messages that allegedly defamed the Prophet Muhammad, in Bangladesh, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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People march past a truck that was burned the day before, during a protest calling for President Jovenel Moïse to resign so that schools can reopen, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Oct. 21, 2019. Many schools around the country have now been closed for more than a month as protests block roads and paralyze the economy.
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People gather at the scene of a bus crash in Mbanza-Ngungu, Congo, on Oct. 21, 2019. Congo's presidency says at least 30 people have been killed and 16 others injured in the accident.
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Activists unfurl the world's largest 16,404-foot-long flag of Kashmir at Jinnah Avenue in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Oct. 20, 2019.
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Smoke from fires in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, is seen from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria in Ceylanpınar, Şanlıurfa province, on Oct. 20, 2019. Turkey's defense ministry said one soldier was killed amid sporadic clashes with Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
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A public transport bus drives in a flooded area in Lagos, Nigeria, on Oct. 20, 2019. Torrential rainfall has left many roads, homes and factories flooded, especially the chaotic traffic congestion occasioned by bad conditions of the roads, poor drainage and frequent breakdown of vehicles in Nigeria's commercial capital.
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Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaidó (second from L) accompanied by his wife Fabiana Rosales (L) shakes hands with relatives over the coffin of opposition leader of Voluntad Popular party Edmundo Rada during his wake in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 20, 2019. Rada was found dead outside the neighborhood of Petare under mysterious circumstances on Oct. 17.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (L) shakes hands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo after the latter’s presidential inauguration for the second term at the House of Representatives building in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Oct. 20, 2019.
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Tanzania's Foreign Minister Palamagamba Kabudi (L), Chief Executive Officer of Barrick Gold Mark Bristow (C) and Barrick Gold Corp Chief Operating Officer, Africa and Middle East, Willem Jacobs attend the launch of Twiga Minerals Heralds Partnership between Tanzania Government and Barrick Gold Corp in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Oct. 20, 2019. Barrick agreed to pay the Tanzanian government $300 million to settle a three-year-old dispute after Tanzania banned the export of unprocessed metals by miners.
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A woman holds flowers as she argues with a riot police officer after an anti-government protest in Hong Kong on Oct. 20, 2019.
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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit poses for a photograph with South Africa’s U.N. Ambassador Jerry Matjila (L) and new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft (R) during a visit by the delegation of members of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) to meet signatories of the peace agreement in Juba, South Sudan, on Oct. 20.
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Demonstrators face off against the police during a protest against the state economic model in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 20, 2019.
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An elderly woman paints a Halloween pumpkin at a retirement home before a visit by Romanian caretaker Prime Minister and presidential candidate for the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) Viorica Dăncilă in Bucharest, on Oct. 20, 2019.
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Protesters gesture in front of Haitian National Police officers during a march to demand the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Oct. 20, 2019.
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A worker is seen at a plastic bottle recycling factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 20, 2019.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales waves to supporters at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, after the first round of presidential election on Oct. 20, 2019. According to official early returns, Morales is in the lead but appears headed to a December runoff against former President Carlos Mesa.
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Myanmar’s Minister for Labor, Immigration and Population Thein Swe poses for a group photo along with U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar Scot Marciel (L) and Deputy Director General of International Labour Organization (ILO) Greg Vines (R) during a celebratory event to mark the 100th year anniversary of the establishment of the ILO in Yangon, Myanmar, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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Johnson Agara Olwa (L), Uganda's Ambassador to Russia, greets Uganda's Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 21, 2019. Kutesa and Olwa are in Sochi to take part in the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum.
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Belarusian ornithologist Vladimir Ivanovski, 72, stands on a tree as he builds an artificial nest for birds of prey from tree branches in a marsh near the village of Kazyany, Belarus, on Oct. 20, 2019.
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Syrian Kurdish refugees fleeing the Turkish incursion into Rojava rest and receive food at a Refugee Welcoming Committee base in Shaila, Iraq, on Oct. 20, 2019. The refugees were forced to flee the Turkish military offensive during a five-day ceasefire.
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Women work to make garlands from the globe amaranth flowers before selling them in the market for the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on Oct. 21, 2019.
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Argentina's President Mauricio Macri (L) and presidential candidate Alberto Fernández react at the end of the presidential debate ahead of the Oct. 27 presidential election at the University of Buenos Aires' Law School, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Oct. 20, 2019.
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A policeman talks with a street vendor in front of the Prague Castle in the early morning hours in Prague, Czech Republic, on Oct. 20, 2019.
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Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari (C) visits the Shwedagon Pagoda in Dagon, Myanmar, on Oct. 19, 2019.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to deliver a statement to the House of Commons on the Brexit deal he has negotiated with the European Union in London, England, on Oct. 19, 2019.
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People watch an airplane flying over at Baunia, a place at the end of the runway of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 19, 2019.
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A demonstrator tosses back a tear gas canister during a protest against the government in Valparaíso, Chile, on Oct. 19, 2019.
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Shaukat Aziz, former prime minister of Pakistan, gestures as he delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the World Internet Conference, also known as Wuzhen Summit, in Wuzhen, China, on Oct. 20, 2019.
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Iranian women pray at the shrine of Shabdolazim as they mark the Arba'een Pilgrimage in Shahr-e-Rey, south Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 19, 2019.
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Archaeologists remove the cover of an ancient painted coffin discovered at Al-Asasif necropolis in the Valley of Kings in Luxor, Egypt, on Oct. 19, 2019.
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A child receives a polio drop during the nationwide vaccination campaign against measles, rubella and polio in Kampala, Uganda, on Oct. 19, 2019.
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South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit (R) shakes hands with ex-vice president and former rebel leader Riek Machar during their meeting in Juba, South Sudan, on Oct. 19, 2019.
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Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce and the flight deck crew and cabin crew at Sydney Airport celebrate after flying 19 hours and 16 minutes from New York to Sydney in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 20, 2019. Qantas is the first commercial airline to ever fly direct from New York to Sydney.
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Yemenis displaced from an area near the Saudi border are pictured in a makeshift camp in Hajjah province, Yemen, on Oct. 19, 2019.
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A woman receives aid donated by the Turkish Red Crescent in the border town of Tell Abiad, Syria, on Oct. 19, 2019.
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The unveiling of a bust of Soviet Marshal Sergey Biryuzov is installed by the Russian Military Historical Society to mark his 55th death anniversary, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Oct. 19. 2019.
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Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims shout slogans as they commemorate the Arba'een in Karbala, Iraq, on Oct. 19, 2019.
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A woman holds a mask during an event aiming to raise awareness of the country's high levels of violence against women, in Bucharest, Romania, on Oct. 19, 2019. Romania, a European Union member state, has no proper legal framework to combat domestic violence against women.
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) and his Serbian counterpart Ana Brnabić walk past honor guards during a meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, on Oct. 19, 2019.
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People hold signs during a demonstration to protest against a judiciary system that women say is failing to protect them, in Zagreb, Croatia, on Oct. 19, 2019. Anger is brewing in Croatia after a judge released five men suspected of gang-raping a 15-year-old girl from their village, triggering calls for protests.
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Kosovo Albanians hold a banner reading "Rise up for Rojava," the Kurdish name of the semi-autonomous northeast of war-torn Syria, in Pristina, Kosovo, on Oct. 19, 2019, to show their solidarity with the Kurds.
Piñera acknowledged the huge turnout of Chileans, saying they marched peacefully to deliver a call for a fairer and more supportive country.
"We've all heard the message. We've all changed," he tweeted Friday night.
Also Friday, protesters tried to force their way onto the grounds of Chile's congress, provoking an evacuation of the building. Police fired tear gas to fend off hundreds of demonstrators on the perimeter as some lawmakers and administrative staff hurried out of the legislative building, which is in the port city of Valparaiso.
Earlier, truck drivers and some public transport operators went on strike around Santiago. Thousands demonstrated in other parts of the country of 18 million people in a sign that economic concessions by Piñera have failed to ease public anger.
At least 19 people have died in the turmoil that has swept the South American nation. The unrest began as a protest over a 4-cent increase in subway fares and soon morphed into a larger movement over growing inequality in one of Latin America's wealthiest countries.
The lack of leaders and a list of clear demands in the protest movement show the shortcomings of Chile's unpopular, discredited political parties, said Marta Lagos, head of Latinobarometro, a nonprofit survey group in Chile.
"There is a failure of the system of political parties in its ability to represent society," Lagos said.
Speaking before the huge protest in Santiago, she said she expected protesters to become more organized, and that it was unlikely that Piñera, who took office last year, would resign.
The protests, Lagos said, are bigger than any that occurred during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet decades ago or under democratic governments that followed.
Piñera served an earlier term as president, from 2010 to 2014.
On Friday, hundreds of trucks drove slowly on a main highway that skirts Santiago, where stone-throwing protesters have fought riot police for more than a week. Some Chileans in cars and motorcycles joined the protest, held to demand an end to private highway tolls.
Most car drivers pay between $35 and $130 a month to use highways around Santiago, depending on how much time they spend on the roads. Truckers pay much more because of the long distances that they travel.
Many Chileans earn between $560 and $760 a month, making it hard to pay for basic needs, let alone drive on the highways.
There will be no further highway toll fee increases this year under Chilean law, Transport Minister Rafael Moreno said.
Operators of some subway lines in Santiago also stopped service, further disrupting a transport network affected by burning and vandalism of stations in some parts of the city.
About 40 percent of Santiago's metro was functioning on Friday, though several thousand buses have been deployed in an attempt to make up for the disruption.
Struggling to contain the strife, Piñera's administration announced increases in the minimum wage and the lowest state pensions, rolled back the subway fare increase and put a 9.2% increase in electricity prices on hold until the end of next year.
Flanked by elderly Chileans, Piñera on Friday signed a measure that would raise minimum pensions of $150 by 20%, an increase that would benefit an estimated 600,000 people.
Most of the demonstrations over the high cost of medicine, water and other basic needs have been peaceful. But instances of arson, looting and alleged brutality by security forces have shocked many in a nation known for relative stability.
According to Chile's human rights watchdog, more than 2,000 people have been detained and over 500 injured.
The government has declared a state of emergency and imposed curfews in 12 out of Chile's 16 regions.
Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, now the United Nations' top official on human rights, will send a three-member team to Chile to examine allegations of violations, spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said in Geneva. The mission, from Oct. 28-Nov. 22, will be based in Santiago and will visit other cities.
Shamdasani said Chilean lawmakers had called for the U.N. office to send a mission and the government also invited it. Bachelet served two terms as Chile's president and was Piñera's predecessor.
Cuba lashes Trump, issues rallying cry to fight imperialism .
Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro, President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro signaled on Sunday punishing U.S. sanctions would only stiffen their resolve to stick together and support social change in the region. The three leaders presided over the closing session of a solidarity conference in Havana on Sunday, a meeting that drew more than 1,300 social activists, mainly from Latin America.