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Algerians shout slogans as they march to mark the first anniversary of the popular protests in Algiers, Algeria. EPA
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Police officers and protesters confront each other during the demostration. Reuters
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Algerians shout slogans as they march to mark the first anniversary of the popular protests in Algiers. EPA
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Algerian riot police block the progress of an anti-government demonstration heading towards the presidential palace in the capital Algiers. AFP
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Algerian riot police block the progress of an anti-government demonstration heading towards the presidential palace in the capital Algiers. AFP
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Algerian protesters take part in an anti-government demonstration in Algiers marking the first anniversary of the protest movement. AFP
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Algerian riot police block the progress of an anti-government demonstration heading towards the presidential palace in the capital Algiers. AFP
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Members of the Algerian police use a water cannon to disperse an anti-government demonstration heading towards the presidential palace in the capital Algiers. AFP
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Members of the Algerian police block the progress of an anti-government demonstration heading towards the presidential palace in the capital Algiers. AFP
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Members of the Algerian police block the progress of an anti-government demonstration in the center of the capital Algiers. AFP
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Algerians shout slogans as they march to mark the first anniversary of the popular protests in Algiers, Algeria. EPA
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Algerians shout slogans as they march to mark the first anniversary of the popular protests in Algiers, Algeria. EPA
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Algerians shout slogans as they march to mark the first anniversary of the popular protests in Algiers, Algeria. EPA
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Police officers and protesters confront each other during the demostration. Reuters
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Algerians shout slogans as they march to mark the first anniversary of the popular protests in Algiers. EPA
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Algerian riot police block the progress of an anti-government demonstration heading towards the presidential palace in the capital Algiers. AFP
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Algerian riot police block the progress of an anti-government demonstration heading towards the presidential palace in the capital Algiers. AFP
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Algerian protesters take part in an anti-government demonstration in Algiers marking the first anniversary of the protest movement. AFP
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Algerian riot police block the progress of an anti-government demonstration heading towards the presidential palace in the capital Algiers. AFP
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Members of the Algerian police use a water cannon to disperse an anti-government demonstration heading towards the presidential palace in the capital Algiers. AFP
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Members of the Algerian police block the progress of an anti-government demonstration heading towards the presidential palace in the capital Algiers. AFP
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Members of the Algerian police block the progress of an anti-government demonstration in the center of the capital Algiers. AFP
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Algerians shout slogans as they march to mark the first anniversary of the popular protests in Algiers, Algeria. EPA
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Algerians shout slogans as they march to mark the first anniversary of the popular protests in Algiers, Algeria. EPA
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Algerians shout slogans as they march to mark the first anniversary of the popular protests in Algiers, Algeria. EPA
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