Photos: Protesters clash with police after housing cost rallies in Spain
Anger over housing affordability and purchasing power leads to clashes amid Spain’s first general strike in 14 years.
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People take part in a demonstration in Marseille, France. Trade unions called for a nationwide day of protests against government policy. [Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA]
Labour union representatives attend a demonstration in Paris as part of a nationwide day of strikes and protests over wages. [Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters]
Unions said about 260 rallies against rising living costs were planned nationwide, with large demonstrations in Paris, Lyon, Marseille and other cities after more than a month of recurring protests. [Denis Balibouse/Reuters]
About a third of France’s high schools were closed or unable to operate, some blocked by students and others affected by teachers walking off the job. Public transport was heavily disrupted and the Eiffel Tower was shut. [Denis Balibouse/Reuters]
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said 70,000 police officers were being deployed, backed by armoured vehicles, drones and helicopters. Police have faced criticism for injuring protesters with heavy-handed tactics, and several demonstrations have been marred by violence blamed on masked rioters who do not back the unions’ demands. [Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters]
Protesters wearing CGT labour union vests take part in a demonstration in Paris as part of a nationwide day of strikes and protests over wages, the cost of living and public services called by French labour unions, and joined by high school and university students demanding better school conditions, in France. [Abdul Saboor/Reuters]
France’s main unions warned the country is on the brink of recession, with layoff plans multiplying and households squeezed by surging prices. “Fuel, food products, rent, gas, electricity … everything’s going up except wages and pensions,” they said in a joint statement. [Stephane Mahe/Reuters]
A French high school student plays the transverse flute as high school students block a street with rubbish bins ahead of a demonstration in Paris as part of a nationwide day of strikes and protests over wages. [Abdul Saboor/Reuters]
“When the government is not reasonable … we simply do what we’ve always done in France, which is to go on strike,” said Fabien Villedieu of the SUD-Rail union at Paris’s Gare de Lyon station. [Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA]
The movement began in September with a protest over staff shortages at a high school near Paris and has since widened to demands for more education funding, better pensions and relief from soaring fuel costs. It now overlaps with the campaign to replace President Emmanuel Macron in next May’s presidential election, with parties across the spectrum vying to harness the unrest. [Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters]
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People attend the 47th anniversary of the US expulsion from Iran, in Tehran [Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency/Reuters]
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu featured on a dartboard during the 47th anniversary of the takeover of the US embassy in Iran, in Tehran on Wednesday. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters]
Chants of "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" echoed through central Tehran as demonstrators waved Iranian flags and held banners denouncing the US and Israel. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
People burn the US and Israeli flags during the 47th anniversary of the US embassy takeover in Tehran, Iran. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters]
The rally comes a day after the blistering US midterm losses by Trump's Republican Party, widely seen as a referendum on the president's turbulent second term, with high petrol prices triggered by the Iran war fuelling frustration. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
Workers install a billboard depicting, left to right, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President JD Vance with apparent injuries and torn clothing in central Tehran. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
Tehran's chief negotiator with Washington, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, hailed the US midterm result, saying on X that "Americans said NO TO WAR, and we endorse this message," the capital's first official reaction to the vote. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters]
Iranians hold placards depicting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a rally in front of the former US embassy to mark the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US embassy, in Tehran. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
The annual rally marks the storming of the US embassy in Tehran in November 1979, months after the Islamic Revolution that toppled the US-backed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
Bagheri, a 35-year-old school principal, says the US remains "the enemy", regardless of who is in charge in the United States. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
An Iranian flag and a poster depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei with a rifle as he walks beneath a matching banner during the annual rally marking the anniversary of the 1979 US embassy takeover, outside the former embassy in Tehran. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
The region remains on edge over possible renewed US military operations against Iran. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
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In Texas, supporters of Democratic US Senate candidate James Talarico cheer after news of his victory in the midterm race. [Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP]
In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, supporters of Democratic candidate for the US Senate Jamie Davis cheer at election night watch party. [Kathleen Flynn/Reuters]
In Portland, Maine, supporters celebrate during a watch party for Democratic US Senate candidate Troy Jackson. [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]
In Raleigh, North Carolina, supporters of Democratic US Senate candidate and former state Governor Roy Cooper celebrate his victory at his election night rally. [Jonathan Drake/Reuters]
In Las Vegas, Nevada, supporters cheer at an election night watch party for Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford. [Daniel Cole/Reuters]
In Ohio, supporters celebrate Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton's victory in the midterm elections, at the Democratic Election Night rally, in Columbus. [Shannon Stapleton/Reuters]
In Georgia, supporters of US Senator Jon Ossoff at an election night watch party in Atlanta. [Erik S. Lesser/AFP]
In Overland Park, Kansas, supporters greet Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton following his election victory. [Nathan Howard/Reuters]
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A screen shows a portrait of late player of Tenerife Jesus De Miguel before the Champions League match between Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich in Madrid, Spain. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
Barcelona players observe a minute of silence in memory of Spanish CD Tenerife player Jesus de Miguel before the Champions League opening-phase football match against Aston Villa in Barcelona, Spain. [Joan Monfort/AP Photo]
Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich players observe a moment of silence before the match in Madrid, Spain. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
LASK and Slovan Bratislava players observe a minute’s silence in memory of De Miguel, at Raiffeisen Arena in Linz, Austria. [Elisabeth Mandl/Reuters]
A minute of silence in memory of De Miguel was observed before the Feyenoord vs Inter Milan match at Feyenoord Stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. [Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters]
CD Tenerife fans pay tribute to De Miguel in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. [Borja Suarez/Reuters]
Tenerife striker De Miguel died on Tuesday as a result of injuries he suffered in a collision with FC Andorra's goalkeeper. [Borja Suarez/Reuters]
Spanish police have opened an investigation into possible involuntary manslaughter. [Borja Suarez/Reuters]
Santa Cruz de Tenerife chief prosecutor Jose Luis Sanchez-Jauregui told the Spanish news agency EFE that criminal proceedings were unlikely, noting that the collision occurred during play. [Borja Suarez/Reuters]
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Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at a polling station at Central Bucks South High School on Election Day in Warrington, Pennsylvania. [Matt Rourke/AP Photo]
People vote during the US midterm elections on Election Day in Milford, Michigan. [Brian Snyder/Reuters]
Voters visit a polling station to cast their ballots, in West Columbia, South Carolina. [Sam Wolfe/Reuters]
Steve Simpson, who is part of a group dedicated to spreading compassion, wears an eagle costume to attract attention as he reminds citizens to vote on Election Day, in Portland, Maine. [Robert F Bukaty/AP Photo]
A voter casts a ballot in New York City’s Brooklyn borough. [Heather Khalifa/AP Photo]
Democratic US Senate candidate Chris Pappas speaks to members of the media after voting in the US midterm elections at Webster Elementary School in Manchester, New Hampshire. [Kylie Cooper/Reuters]
A volunteer places a 'Vote Here" sign at the Brooklyn Museum in New York on Election Day. [Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo]
US Representative and Republican candidate for re-election Mike Lawler (R-NY), accompanied by his family, casts his ballot during the US midterm elections on Election Day, in Pearl River, New York. [Brendan McDermid /Reuters]
Voters cast their ballots at the Brooklyn Museum in New York [Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo]
![Voters participate in the US midterm elections, Bangor, Maine, November 3, 2026 [Taylor Coester/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/2026-11-03T135603Z_869684422_RC2CGOAQCKH2_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-MAINE-1793717415.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Voters participate in the US midterm elections on Election Day, in Bangor, Maine. [Taylor Coester/Reuters]
![A voter originally from Bangladesh wears an "I voted!" sticker on her sari, Florida City, Florida, November 3, 2026 [Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/AP26307520086133-1793717506.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
A voter originally from Bangladesh wears an "I Voted!" sticker on her sari as she leaves a polling place in Florida City, Florida. [Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo]
People line up to voting at a polling station during the midterm elections in Portland, Maine. [Angela Weiss/AFP]
A voter enters a polling place located inside a church in Homestead, Florida, on Election Day. [Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo]
A volunteer sorts "I Voted" stickers at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. [Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo]
A person enters a voting booth to cast their ballot at the Webster Elementary School in Manchester, New Hampshire. [Joseph Prezioso/Getty Images/AFP]
People arrive to vote in Scarborough, Maine. [Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP]
A person rides past the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office during the US midterm elections, in West Palm Beach, Florida. [Eva Marie Uzcategui/Reuters]
People hold signs at the Webster Elementary School in Manchester, New Hampshire. [Joseph Prezioso/Getty Images/AFP]
A woman speaks with an election worker during the US midterm elections at the Los Pequenos Angelitos, a childcare service in Chicago, Illinois [Octavio Jones/Reuters]
![A resident votes with her daughters, Washington, DC, November 3, 2026 [Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/AP26307541878715-1793718926.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Samantha Pounder, centre, votes with her daughters, Aya, three, left, and Sade, six, at the Emery Heights Community Center during the midterm elections in Washington, DC. [Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo]
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Supporters of the Communist Party of India joined the 'Save Democracy' march in New Delhi on Sunday. It was led by opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc leaders demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Ganesh Kumar [Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters]
Indian National Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, centre, and other opposition leaders at Sunday's protest rally in New Delhi against the revision of electoral rolls. [Manish Swarup/AP Photo]
Opposition parties renewed calls for the resignation of the India’s election chief and joined the latest protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. [Vipin/AP Photo]
Sunday's protest, called by the INDIA opposition bloc, attracted tens of thousands of demonstrators, some carrying musical instruments and waving various flags, as they chanted slogans against government policies. [Manish Swarup/AP Photo]
Several opposition parties of the INDIA alliance, which was formed in 2023 to unseat Modi, mobilised supporters from different states for the latest protest. It came weeks after a police crackdown on protesters in New Delhi. [Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters]
The protesters rallied in the Ramlila Maidan public square in New Delhi, after police last month withdrew Jantar Mantar from the list of officially designated venues for demonstrations. The historic observatory had long served as the capital’s main protest site. [Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters]
The ongoing review of voter lists has removed more than 130 million names since last year. Critics say the exercise is politically motivated and threatens to disenfranchise millions, particularly minorities. [Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters]
A protester's banner reads “Finger will be raised”. [Vipin/AP Photo]
The Election Commission and Modi’s BJP deny the allegations and say the revision is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible entries. [Manish Swarup/AP photo]
Opposition parties, student organisations and the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party have staged near-daily demonstrations since late September, calling for the election commissioner to step down. [Manish Swarup/AP Photo]
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A person in a Batman costume near a fire on a street in Frankfurt, Germany, during nationwide protests on Halloween. [Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters]
Police officers confront protesters during the demonstration in Cologne. [Christopher Neundorf/EPA]
Protesters march through the streets of Cologne. [Ina Fassbender/AFP]
German authorities say the demonstrations on October 31, 2026, were largely peaceful. [Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP]
People attend a demonstration at the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin. [Ralf Hirschberger/AFP]
Police are deployed at the demonstration in Dusseldorf. [Buesra Tasdemir/EPA]
Police use water cannon to disperse protesters in Cologne. [Kadir Ilboga/Anadolu]
Police detain a protestor in Berlin. [Volodymyr Sindieiev/Anadolu]
People loot a gun store during protests in Frankfurt. [Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters]
Several police officers were injured in the violence on October 31, 2026. [Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters]
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Municipal workers remove a fallen tree outside the Port Trust Office after Cyclone Arnab made landfall in the port city of Visakhapatnam [R Narendra/EPA]
A woman walks past a backhoe clearing fallen trees and debris from a road in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh state. [R Narendra/EPA]
Fallen trees block a road in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. [Mahesh Kumar A/AP Photo]
People walk past damaged homes near the shore in Kakinada. [Mahesh Kumar A/AP Photo]
Cyclone Arnab hit southeastern Andhra Pradesh state on Wednesday. [Mahesh Kumar A/AP Photo]
A truck breaks down on a flooded road on the outskirts of Kakinada. [Noah Seelam/AFP]
People walk along a coastal road in Kakinada that was destroyed after the cyclone made landfall. [Noah Seelam/AFP]
People stand near damaged homes along the shore in Kakinada. [Mahesh Kumar A/AP Photo]
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Emergency services work at the scene of a collision between two trains in Spain [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
An aerial view of the crash site. [Handout via Reuters]
Rescue teams at the scene where two high-speed trains crashed in the village of Urda, Toledo, Spain. [Ismael Herrero/EPA]
Wreckage from the train crash about 150km south of Madrid. [Javier Soriano/AFP]
Emergency workers search for victims in the derailed cars. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
Rescue workers search the wreckage after the train collision. [Javier Soriano/AFP]
The president of the Castilla-La Mancha region, Emiliano Garcia-Page, said at least 30 people have died in the crash. [Ismael Herrero/EPA]
An aerial view of the crash site. [Handout via AFP]
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Serbians celebrate in Belgrade after Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party, conceded defeat in the parliamentary elections on October 25, 2026. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
Vucic conceded defeat in the elections, which pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting against his government. [Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo]
The opposition's win is a seismic political shift in the Balkan country, where Vucic, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and who denounced the student movement as a foreign-led attempt to unseat him, was in power for 14 years. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
Almost immediately after the results were announced, crowds flooded the streets of Belgrade and other Serbian cities in celebration. [Milos Milanovic/AFP]
Supporters of the Student List drove around Belgrade in cars, honking horns, singing, shouting and chanting: “Aleksandar is gone.” [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
Crowds swiftly dismantled the fences and tents at a park in central Belgrade where Vucic loyalists had been camping for more than a year. [Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo]
Belgrade resident Dragana Kovacevic was thrilled that “everyone greets with smiles”. She said: "We are all too happy. Finally, we are becoming one normal and free country.” [Andrej Isakovic/AFP]
Voter Maja Stetic said she feels “fantastic”. Vucic's ouster, she said, "means liberation for me, means a new future for us and our children”. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
Monitors predicted that voter turnout in the elections could reach about 70 percent, a level unseen in Serbia since 2000. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
Long queues had formed at polling stations on October 25, 2026. Some members of the Serbian diaspora were made to vote in the middle of the night after authorities tied voting hours to Serbian time. [Oliver Bunic/AFP]
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