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Protesters denouncing a near-total ban on abortion gather at the Warsaw headquarters of the governing right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party. IMAGES
Hundreds of demonstrators gather in central Warsaw to protest after Poland's parliament rejected a bill that would have decriminalised abortion assistance. The country has one of Europe's most restrictive rules on the practice, which is punishable by up to three years in jail. IMAGES
Poles take to the streets of Warsaw on International Women's Day to demand free access to contraceptives. Although pro-Western parties managed to oust the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government in October 2023 elections, women are voicing anger and frustration over delays in changing the laws on women's reproductive rights. The PiS's eight-year rule saw access to abortion, in-vitro fertilisation and emergency contraception tightened. IMAGES
People protest outside the Russian Embassy in Warsaw following the announcement of Alexei Navalny’s death. The Russian Prison Service (FSIN) has said Navalny, the Kremlin's most prominent critic, died in an Arctic prison where he was serving a 19-year sentence, after suffering a sudden illness. Some participants are seen holding placards that read "Putin is a killer". IMAGES
Australians brave the pouring rain in Sydney to protest for abortion rights, a week after the US Supreme Court's landmark decision to reverse its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that enshrined abortion rights at the federal level. IMAGES