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#Feeshavefallen in pictures
JOBURG - View the historic day in pictures when protesting students marched to the Union Buildings to protest against the escalating university fees.
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![Police officers that tried to keep the protesting students calm.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_8033-520x400.jpg)
![A protesting student at the Fees Must Fall campaign.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7838-520x400.jpg)
![Police officers and one of the protesting students.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_8023-520x400.jpg)
![The aftermath of the ground where objects were burned during the protest.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_8017-520x400.jpg)
![Police used barbed wire to keep the crowd at bay, however, students eventually removed the barbed wire.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_8015-520x400.jpg)
![The rocks that police officers were pelted with by angry students, earlier in the day.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7992-520x400.jpg)
![Police officers that tried to keep the protesting students calm.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7956-520x400.jpg)
![Thousands of students gathered outside the Union Buildings on 23 October 2016 to protest against the increasing tertiary education fees.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7943-520x400.jpg)
![Thousands of students gathered outside the Union Buildings on 23 October 2016 to protest against the increasing tertiary education fees.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7925-520x400.jpg)
![Thousands of students gathered outside the Union Buildings on 23 October 2016 to protest against the increasing tertiary education fees.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7910-520x400.jpg)
![The fence that separated the protesting students from the Union Buildings.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7875-520x400.jpg)
![Public order policing members keeping a watchful eye on the protesting students who they later clashed with.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7871-520x400.jpg)
![Smoke bellowed at the Union Buildings during the protest that took place outside the Union Buildings.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7857-520x400.jpg)
![A protester walks by one of the many portable toilets that was set alight during the protest in Pretoria.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7829-520x400.jpg)
![Parents joined their children during the protests at the Union Buildings on 23 October 2016 to protest against the increasing tertiary education fees.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7822-520x400.jpg)
![Thousands of students gathered outside the Union Buildings on 23 October 2016 to protest against the increasing tertiary education fees.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7816-520x400.jpg)
![The crowds that dispersed when police officials used stun grenades and rubber bullets to try and calm the situation.](https://northeasterntribune.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/IMG_7970-520x400.jpg)
Click here to read how the drama unfolded throughout the day.