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Protests around the world: Violent clashes hit Chile, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Spain

Protests blazed in several countries across the world, with citizens unhappy for different reasons, as are protesting over economic conditions, others are protesting over tax hikes and elsewhere protests are breaking out over controversial laws or prison sentences imposed by governments

AFP

Publish : 20 Oct 2019, 04:58 PMUpdate : 20 Oct 2019, 04:58 PM

Chilean firefighters extinguish burning buses during clashes between protesters and the riot police in Santiago on October 19, 2019 /AFP

Demonstrators set fire to street signs and other objects during a protest against the government in Valparaiso, Chile on October 19, 2019 /Reuters

Lebanese protesters wave national flags as they take part in a third day of protests against tax increases and official corruption in the southern city of Sidon (Saida) on October 19, 2019 /AFP

A demonstrator, wearing a mask, takes part in an anti-government protest in downtown Beirut, Lebanon on October 19, 2019 /Reuters

Protesters hold banners reading in Catalan Freedom for politic prisoners! during a pro-amnesty demonstration called by Madrids Anti-repression Movement and demanding total amnesty and the defence of democratic rights and freedoms in Madrid on October 19, 2019 /AFPn

A Catalan demonstrator throws a tear gas canister back to the riot police during Catalonias general strike in Barcelona, Spain on October 18, 2019 /Reuters