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Added on the 01/05/2024 03:08:13 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Security crew and New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers mobilize outside the Columbia University campus, just hours after riot police penetrated an occupied building and proceeded to clear out barricaded pro-Palestinian protesters. IMAGES
Onlookers cheer on student protesters at Columbia University as they are arrested and taken away by police after hundreds of officers entered campus to break up a pro-Palestinian encampment set up inside a university building. IMAGES
Demonstrators gather at Columbia University, before the deadline passes for the pro-Palestinian encampment to leave campus, with students facing the ultimatum to disperse or be suspended. IMAGES
Demonstrators at the University of Texas, Austin condemn the school's decision to involve police in a pro-Palestine protest on campus after 34 students were arrested. Students at some of the country's most prestigious universities have staged occupations over the growing human toll of Israel's war with Hamas. IMAGES
Turkish police set up a heavy presence outside Istanbul's Caglayan Courthouse after an armed attack on a security checkpoint, in which a man and a woman were shot dead by officers. According to a government minister, the pair belonged to a leftist "terrorist" organisation and several police officers and citizens were injured. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.