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People gather in front of the Danish parliament in Copenhagen to call for the release of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson. Watson founded Sea Shepherd and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation (CPWF) and is known for radical tactics, including confrontations with whaling ships at sea. He was arrested on July 21 on the basis of an Interpol "Red Notice" after Japan accused him of causing damage to one of its whaling ships in the Antarctic two years earlier and causing injury. IMAGES
In his first speech of the year, UK opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer says an election is "one thing that we can be sure is coming", adding that he is "ready for it" as the Labour leader outlines his party's election year pitch. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to call a general election at some point in 2024, but exactly when is becoming a source of increasingly fevered speculation among political observers. SOUNDBITE
Car convoy allegedly carrying Luis Fernando Camacho -- Bolivian key opposition figure and governor of the economic powerhouse Santa Cruz region -- arrives at a police station in La Paz as people loyal to Bolivian president Luis Arce gather outside. IMAGES
A crowd of several dozen supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko head toward the Court of Justice in Dakar, cheering and dancing after receiving news of his release under judicial review. IMAGES
Thousands of anti-government protesters rally in Georgia's capital Tbilisi after the arrest of an opposition leader, deepening a political crisis that erupted after disputed elections last year. IMAGES
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