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  • People are obliged to walk with their hands upon their heads as they pass security checkpoints, held by security forces wearing civil clothes and holding machetes and sticks to control the crowd. AFP
    People are obliged to walk with their hands upon their heads as they pass security checkpoints, held by security forces wearing civil clothes and holding machetes and sticks to control the crowd. AFP
  • People are obliged to walk with their hands upon their heads as they pass security checkpoints, held by security forces wearing civil clothes and holding machetes and sticks to control the crowd. AFP
    People are obliged to walk with their hands upon their heads as they pass security checkpoints, held by security forces wearing civil clothes and holding machetes and sticks to control the crowd. AFP
  • Men carry sticks and block a road in Lagos, Nigeria. Reuters
    Men carry sticks and block a road in Lagos, Nigeria. Reuters
  • Men gesture as they stand near police officers along a street in Ikeja, as Nigeria's Lagos state remains under curfew. Reuters
    Men gesture as they stand near police officers along a street in Ikeja, as Nigeria's Lagos state remains under curfew. Reuters
  • Police officers stop and search a bus carrying passengers around Lekki toll gate in Lagos Friday. AP
    Police officers stop and search a bus carrying passengers around Lekki toll gate in Lagos Friday. AP
  • Burnt vehicles are seen near the Lekki toll gate, in Lagos. AP
    Burnt vehicles are seen near the Lekki toll gate, in Lagos. AP
  • Resentment lingered with the smell of charred tires Friday as Nigeria's streets were relatively calm after days of protests over police abuses, while authorities gave little acknowledgement to reports of the military killing at least 12 peaceful demonstrators earlier this week. AP
    Resentment lingered with the smell of charred tires Friday as Nigeria's streets were relatively calm after days of protests over police abuses, while authorities gave little acknowledgement to reports of the military killing at least 12 peaceful demonstrators earlier this week. AP
  • A car is stopped as it passes a security checkpoint, held by security forces wearing civil clothes and holding machetes and sticks to control the crowd. AFP
    A car is stopped as it passes a security checkpoint, held by security forces wearing civil clothes and holding machetes and sticks to control the crowd. AFP
  • Military personnel drive along a street in Ikeja, in Lagos, Nigeria. Reuters
    Military personnel drive along a street in Ikeja, in Lagos, Nigeria. Reuters
  • A woman walks past the remains of a burnt barricade in Surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria. Reuters
    A woman walks past the remains of a burnt barricade in Surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria. Reuters
  • Kazeem Shuaib, 27, is not leaving his house due to safety fears after violence on the streets. Reuters
    Kazeem Shuaib, 27, is not leaving his house due to safety fears after violence on the streets. Reuters
  • A worker cleans a street, as Nigeria's Lagos state eases a round-the-clock curfew imposed in response to protests against alleged police brutality. Reuters
    A worker cleans a street, as Nigeria's Lagos state eases a round-the-clock curfew imposed in response to protests against alleged police brutality. Reuters