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Week in pictures: From Macedonia protests to Earth Day

From protests in Macedonia, Brazil and Venezuela to March for Science and Earth Day, here is the week in photos.

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Israeli border policemen detain a Palestinian protester during clashes in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. [Ammar Awad/Reuters]
Published On 28 Apr 2017
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Brazilian Indians take part in a demonstration against the violation of indigenous people's rights in Brasilia, Brazil. [Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters]
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Chaos in Macedonia after demonstrators stormed the parliament building and attacked politicians to protest against the election an Albanian as speaker. [Georgi Licovski/EPA]
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A Kashmiri student throws a stone at Indian police during a protest in Srinagar. Female students from various colleges in Indian-administered Kashmir took part in mass protests against Indian soldiers. [Danish Ismail/Reuters]
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Demonstrators clash with members of the Bolivarian National Police as protests continue in Caracas, Venezuela. [Miguel Gutierrez/EPA]
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Youth in France throw bottles during clashes at a demonstration to protest against the results of the first round of the presidential election in the capital Paris.[Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters]
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A protester lights a flare during a protest against Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's government in Belgrade, Serbia. [Marko Djurica/Reuters]
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Activists in Nepal take part in a demonstration to mark Earth Day. they covered themselves in plastic sheets to protest against air pollution and muddy roads caused by what they say is a road expansion project in the capital Kathmandu. [Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters]
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Demonstrators in Washington, DC joined hundreds of thousands of people at more than 400 locations across the globe in the March for Science to recognise scientific progress, raise awareness of scientific discovery, and defend scientific integrity. [Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA]
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A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against South African President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria, South Africa. [Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]