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Riot mobile gendarmes, riding quad bikes, fire teargas shells towards protesters during a demonstration called by the collective “Bassines non merci”, the environmental movement “Les Soulevements de la Terre” and the French trade union “Confederation paysanne” to protest against the construction of a new water reserve for agricultural irrigation, in Sainte-Soline, central-western France, on March 25, 2023. More than 3,000 police officers and gendarmes have been mobilised and 1,500 “activists” are expected to take part in the demonstration, around Sainte-Soline. The new protest against the “bassines”, a symbol of tensions over access to water, is taking place under thight surveillance on March 25, 2023 in the Deux-Sevres department. (Photo by Thibaud Moritz/AFP Photo)
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