Struggle on the Streets: Week ending January 30

A SELECTION of the best photos from the week’s protests around the world.

Demonstrators face police in riot gear outside the parliament in the capital Tunis amid days of unrest over poverty and unemployment, during which one young demonstrator died and hundreds were jailed

TUNISIA: Demonstrators face police in riot gear outside the parliament in the capital Tunis amid days of unrest over poverty and unemployment, during which one young demonstrator died and hundreds were jailed

Students on a joint march with university lecturers in Lyon to demand more government support for education as the coronavirus pandemic drags on

FRANCE: Students on a joint march with university lecturers in Lyon to demand more government support for education as the coronavirus pandemic drags on

Farmers on tractors stream towards the capital New Delhi to demand the repeal of recently passed laws that favour large corporate farms while leaving smaller ones far worse off

INDIA: Farmers on tractors stream towards the capital New Delhi to demand the repeal of recently passed laws that favour large corporate farms while leaving smaller ones far worse off

A protester against police brutality in Tacoma, Washington state, after at least two people were injured when an officer drove his car through a crowd of pedestrians, knocking several people to the ground and running at least one person over

US: A protester against police brutality in Tacoma, Washington state, after at least two people were injured when an officer drove his car through a crowd of pedestrians, knocking several people to the ground and running at least one person over

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Struggle on the Streets: Week ending January 30

Labour and Tories both offering more austerity for the NHS, finds Nuffield Trust

Editorial: The French far right's advance could be a glimpse of Britain's future, unless the left rebuilds

Hundreds of thousands march in France against far right and for new left Popular Front

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