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Demonstrators use a slingshot against the National Guard during a protest in San Cristobal, in this February 27, 2014 file photo. Following a couple of days of riots in Caracas, we decided to travel to the Venezuelan city of San Cristobal to photograph the conflict there. In the afternoon, I was told of clashes between anti-government protests and the National Guard, but barricades blocking almost every street made it extremely difficult to commute from one place to another, even by motorbike. When I finally arrived, it looked like the worst had passed as there was debris everywhere, but a group of youths with giant slingshots remained. With the help of their neighbours, who hurled objects from the top floors of buildings, they had driven the National Guard back to the end of the street. (Photo and caption by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
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