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Students and activists have cut down trees and dragged rubbish and furniture into the streets to form barriers.

More than 90 people have been killed, hundreds arrested and thousands injured since the unrest began at the start of April.

20,000 police face up to 100,000 protesters, including an estimated 8,000 who police say are prepared to use violence.

Fabian Urbina, 17, died of a gunshot wound after being shot in the chest by a member of the National Guard.

Baton-wielding riot police broke up anti-government demonstrations in several cities across Russia and arrested scores of protesters.

In an attempt to cling on as Prime Minister, May has said she will form a government supported by her "friends" in the DUP.

The government said Neomar Lander, 17, died when a homemade mortar exploded in his hands. Opposition leaders said he was killed by a tear gas canister.

Britain has warmed to Jeremy Corbyn and punished Theresa May for running a negative campaign and sticking to slogans.

After visits to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Trump met Pope Francis in Rome and then met EU and Nato leaders in Brussels.

Some 57 people have been killed in two months of protests against Nicolas Maduro's government.

Trump's motorcade passed through streets lined with heavily armed security forces and an opening in Israel's towering separation barrier.

To some, Trump is "a hero" and "a brother", to others "an idiot with no policy but terrorising" and "a man who spreads war, chaos and killing among people".

The uprising in the Finetown neighbourhood of South Africa's biggest city followed unrest this week in nearby Eldorado Park and Ennerdale.

Venezuelan security forces battled protesters who lit fires and hurled stones and petrol bombs in Caracas.

Alt-right supporters claim suppression of free speech after Ann Coulter's speech was cancelled.

Juan Pablo Pernalete Llover died after receiving the impact of a tear gas canister in his chest. 

As state security forces lean more heavily on tear gas, protesters have begun gearing up with goggles, gas masks and vinegar-soaked rags.

Some 4,000 aboriginal people and supporters took part in the protest that focused on land boundaries for indigenous reservations.

As his 100th day in office approaches, IBTimes UK rounds up the 100 best (or worst) photos of President Donald J Trump.

The protests were a response to centrist Emmanuel Macron of Le Marche taking the lead, with Marine Le Pen, leader of the far right Front National coming second.

Three people were killed during the demonstrations, as hundreds of thousands of protesters stormed the streets of Caracas and other Venezuelan cities to denounce President Nicholas Maduro.