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A protester calls for a medic as another protester who had apparently received pepper spray in the face from riot police sits on the ground during confrontations near the settlement of Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany. A protest march by thousands of people turned violent went demonstrators demanding climate justice sought to reach Luetzerath and were stopped by police. Police have been evicting environmental activists over the last few days who have occupied the abandoned Luetzerath settlement and who are seeking to prevent Luetzerath's demolition that will make way for an expansion of the adjacent Garzweiler II open cast coal mine. The North Rhine-Westphalia state government of German Christian Democrats (CDU) and Greens has approved the demolition and the coal mine expansion, while at the same time announcing an accelerated phase out of coal-fired energy production in the state from 2038 to 2030. Other nearby settlements that were also slated for demolition will now be spared, though critics point out that Germany has sufficient energy production capacity and does not need the coal lying beneath Luetzerath. Credit:GETTY
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Emergency workers clear the rubble after a Russian rocket hit a multistory building leaving many people under debris in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine.Credit:AP
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Israeli demonstrators hold torches during a protest against the government's plans to overhaul the country's legal system, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered in central Tel Aviv to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the country's legal system and weaken the Supreme Court. Credit:AP
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An auto driver looks through a snow-covered windshield in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Kashmir region received fresh snow on Friday, affecting air and vehicular traffic. Credit:AP
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Molly Lanaghan and Dmitre Razgulajevs perform during the senior ice dance free dance event at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Oshawa, Ontario.Credit:AP
