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  A demonstrator holds a banner calling to 'Stop Evictions' during a protest in Madrid after two indebted home owners committed suicide. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza, AP)
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  Workers from theTelefonica phone company take part in a demonstration by blocking the traffic and protesting against dismissals at their company. (Emilio Morenatti, AP)
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  Demonstrators stand in front of the Greek Parliament during a 48-hour general strike. (Aris Messinis, AFP)
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  Demonstrators hold banners protesting German Chancellor Angela Merkel's  visit to Portugal. (Joao Henriques, AP)
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  A man holds a placard reading "Spain on sale" during a demonstration. (Dominique Faget, AFP)
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  A demonstrator wearing a Guy Fawkes mask holds a placard depicting a EU flag with a swatiska as he takes part in a protest in Madrid against government's austerity reforms. (Dominique Faget, AFP)
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  Journalists at Spain's top daily newspaper El Pais launched a three-day strike on Tuesday in protest of lay-offs that will cut its staff by a third. (Dominique Faget, AFP)
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  A man reacts in front of banners and placards displayed by evicted people outside a branch of Caja Madrid, part of the Bankia group bailed out by the Spanish state, during a protest against evictions in Madrid. (Pedro Armestre, AFP)
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  People burn a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a protest against her visit to Portugal. (Francisco Seco, AP)
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  Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against a new government austerity bill, in Thessaloniki, Greece. (Sakis Mitrolidis, AFP)
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  An anti-austerity protester wearing a pig mask takes part in what they called 'the Plebs & PIIGS Banquet', in London. PIIGS is a reference to people from Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain. (Matt Dunham, AP)
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  Hundreds of French doctors, many wearing white lab coats and blue surgical caps, march in Paris in a protest over work conditions and government proposals that aim to limit how much doctors charge above the state insurance system's reimbursements. (Remy de la Mauviniere, AP)
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  Protesting civil servants carrying a banner showing an image of an emaciated body shout slogans during a rally outside the Public Sector Reform ministry in Athens, Greece. (Thanassis Stavrakis, AP)
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  A protesting civil servant holds up a mock religious icon banner that reads "IMF Get Out" during a rally outside the Public Sector Reform ministry in Athens. (Thanassis Stavrakis, AP)
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  Greek riot police officers push the last remaining protesters off the street, following an anti-austerity rally in front of the Parliament in central Athens, Greece. (Lefteris Pitarakis, AP)
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  Demonstrators overturn a police barrier outside Lisbon's Belem cultural center where the German Chancellor Angela Merkel was participating in a business conference attended by leading German and Portuguese companies. (Joao Henriques, AP)
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  Demonstrators clash with riot police in Lisbon, Portugal. (Joao Henriques, AP)

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