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Masked protesters pass a burning poster during a protest rally in front of government headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, early February 2, 2017. Up to 100,000 people gathered peacefully in front of the government building and blocked the city traffic to protest against a government bill, that passed through during a government session on the evening of on Jan. 31, 2017, as a government ordinance to pardon those sentenced to jail terms shorter than five years. According to media reports, the protests took a violent turn when a few hundred allegedly soccer supporters provoked riot police with stones, flares and firecrackers, to which the riot police responded with tear gas and arrests. (Photo by Alex Dobre/EPA)
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