News in pictures

A member of the police special forces clashes with demonstrators on the sixth straight day of street violence which erupted over a now suspended hike in metro ticket prices, in Santiago, on October 23, 2019. A four-year-old child was killed during the latest round of protests against economic inequality in Chile, raising the death toll from five days of social unrest to 18 as unions launched a general strike on Wednesday. Picture: Pablo VERA / AFP
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