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Protesters take to the streets in Tbilisi before, during and after the Georgian parliament's vote on the controversial "foreign influence" bill, which saw lawmakers override a presidential veto despite weeks-long mass protests and warnings from the West that the move could jeopardise the country's path to the European Union. IMAGES
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government wins the backing of the elected House of Commons for his controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda. The government fended off right-wing Conservative rebels to win the final vote on the legislation in the parliament's lower chamber by 320 votes to 276. SOUNDBITE
Tibetan protesters gather in New Delhi to protest against the Beijing Winter Olympics, which are due to open on Friday night. Chinese President Xi Jinping, who will announce the Games are officially open, will be joined by leaders including his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia are among countries staging a diplomatic boycott over China's human rights record. IMAGES
Protesters from France's Manif pour Tous movement dress as French republican icon Marianne and demonstrate outside the National Assembly in Paris, to denounce the second reading of a bioethics bill, which opens medically assisted procreation (PMA) to all women. IMAGES
A few hundred Black Lives Matter protesters march from Hyde Park to London's Parliament Square to call for racial justice. IMAGES
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