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#13175395

10 January 2026

Nepali Congress leaders attend the emergency Central Working Committee meeting in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 10, 2026. Nepali Congress calls an emergency meeting of its Central Working Committee amid growing internal political developments within the party. Office bearers, central committee members, invited members, and presidents of all seven provincial committees attend the meeting. The emergency meeting is called after the faction led by General Secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma refuses to withdraw preparations for the special general convention scheduled for January 11 and 12, citing the demand of 54 percent of the party's general convention representatives.

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#13175396

10 January 2026

Nepali Congress leaders attend the emergency Central Working Committee meeting in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 10, 2026. Nepali Congress calls an emergency meeting of its Central Working Committee amid growing internal political developments within the party. Office bearers, central committee members, invited members, and presidents of all seven provincial committees attend the meeting. The emergency meeting is called after the faction led by General Secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma refuses to withdraw preparations for the special general convention scheduled for January 11 and 12, citing the demand of 54 percent of the party's general convention representatives.

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#13127838

24 December 2025

Pre-revolutionary Iranian flags featuring the Lion and Sun (Shir o Khorshid) emblem fly alongside Israeli flags by demonstrators in London, England, United Kingdom, on December 24, 2025. The joint display represents a growing solidarity between segments of the Iranian diaspora and the state of Israel following military escalations between Israel and the Islamic Republic in mid-2025. Many participants at such gatherings support the ''Cyrus Accords,'' a framework proposed by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to establish a new era of regional peace and historical cooperation in a post-Islamic regime Iran.

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#13127839

24 December 2025

Pre-revolutionary Iranian flags featuring the Lion and Sun (Shir o Khorshid) emblem fly alongside Israeli flags by demonstrators in London, England, United Kingdom, on December 24, 2025. The joint display represents a growing solidarity between segments of the Iranian diaspora and the state of Israel following military escalations between Israel and the Islamic Republic in mid-2025. Many participants at such gatherings support the ''Cyrus Accords,'' a framework proposed by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to establish a new era of regional peace and historical cooperation in a post-Islamic regime Iran.

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#13127840

24 December 2025

Pre-revolutionary Iranian flags featuring the Lion and Sun (Shir o Khorshid) emblem fly alongside Israeli flags by demonstrators in London, England, United Kingdom, on December 24, 2025. The joint display represents a growing solidarity between segments of the Iranian diaspora and the state of Israel following military escalations between Israel and the Islamic Republic in mid-2025. Many participants at such gatherings support the ''Cyrus Accords,'' a framework proposed by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to establish a new era of regional peace and historical cooperation in a post-Islamic regime Iran.

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#12903450

25 October 2025

A car drives by a school during a nationwide strike in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 24, 2025. The protest, organized by several unions, disrupts schools, hospitals, and municipal waste collection across the country as workers demand higher wages and improved working conditions. The strike underscores growing tensions in Portugal's public sector amid inflation and cost-of-living pressures.

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#12903451

25 October 2025

An external view of a school during a nationwide strike in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 24, 2025. The protest, organized by several unions, disrupts schools, hospitals, and municipal waste collection across the country as workers demand higher wages and improved working conditions. The strike underscores growing tensions in Portugal's public sector amid inflation and cost-of-living pressures.

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#12903452

25 October 2025

A public garbage dumping site is full due to a nationwide strike in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 24, 2025. The protest, organized by several unions, disrupts schools, hospitals, and municipal waste collection across the country as workers demand higher wages and improved working conditions. The strike underscores growing tensions in Portugal's public sector amid inflation and cost-of-living pressures.

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#12903453

25 October 2025

An external view of a school during a nationwide strike in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 24, 2025. The protest, organized by several unions, disrupts schools, hospitals, and municipal waste collection across the country as workers demand higher wages and improved working conditions. The strike underscores growing tensions in Portugal's public sector amid inflation and cost-of-living pressures.

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#12903454

25 October 2025

A public garbage dumping site is full due to a nationwide strike in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 24, 2025. The protest, organized by several unions, disrupts schools, hospitals, and municipal waste collection across the country as workers demand higher wages and improved working conditions. The strike underscores growing tensions in Portugal's public sector amid inflation and cost-of-living pressures.

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#12903455

25 October 2025

A public garbage dumping site is full due to a nationwide strike in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 24, 2025. The protest, organized by several unions, disrupts schools, hospitals, and municipal waste collection across the country as workers demand higher wages and improved working conditions. The strike underscores growing tensions in Portugal's public sector amid inflation and cost-of-living pressures.

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#12903483

25 October 2025

An external view of a school during a nationwide strike in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 24, 2025. The protest, organized by several unions, disrupts schools, hospitals, and municipal waste collection across the country as workers demand higher wages and improved working conditions. The strike underscores growing tensions in Portugal's public sector amid inflation and cost-of-living pressures.

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#12741324

11 September 2025

Clashes erupt between protesters and police during the ''Bloquons Tout'' demonstrations in Paris, France, on September 10, 2025. Authorities deploy riot control units to manage confrontations as tensions escalate in multiple areas of the city. The movement, driven by growing public frustration over economic inequality, government austerity, declining public services, and dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron's government, quickly spreads across the country, culminating in large-scale mobilizations in the French capital demanding systemic change.

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#12741325

11 September 2025

Clashes erupt between protesters and police during the ''Bloquons Tout'' demonstrations in Paris, France, on September 10, 2025. Authorities deploy riot control units to manage confrontations as tensions escalate in multiple areas of the city. The movement, driven by growing public frustration over economic inequality, government austerity, declining public services, and dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron's government, quickly spreads across the country, culminating in large-scale mobilizations in the French capital demanding systemic change.

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#12741327

11 September 2025

Clashes erupt between protesters and police during the ''Bloquons Tout'' demonstrations in Paris, France, on September 10, 2025. Authorities deploy riot control units to manage confrontations as tensions escalate in multiple areas of the city. The movement, driven by growing public frustration over economic inequality, government austerity, declining public services, and dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron's government, quickly spreads across the country, culminating in large-scale mobilizations in the French capital demanding systemic change.

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#12741329

11 September 2025

Clashes erupt between protesters and police during the ''Bloquons Tout'' demonstrations in Paris, France, on September 10, 2025. Authorities deploy riot control units to manage confrontations as tensions escalate in multiple areas of the city. The movement, driven by growing public frustration over economic inequality, government austerity, declining public services, and dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron's government, quickly spreads across the country, culminating in large-scale mobilizations in the French capital demanding systemic change.

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