Operatives of the Department of State Services on Tuesday fired live rounds into the air and used tear gas to disperse protesters seeking the release of Omoyele Sowore, who has been held since August after calling for a revolution.⁣

Protests in the western French city of Nantes grew violent as police fired tear gas in clashes with protesters. At least 18 people have been reportedly arrested by police.

It was just a typical weekend in Hong Kong: tear gas, water cannons, petrol bombs and few signs that protests - now in their fourth month - would fizzle out anytime soon. Sophie Kamaruddin reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia."

Demonstrators went ahead with a banned march to mark the fifth anniversary of Beijing's move to curtail elections. A hardcore of protesters threw petrol bombs at police, who responded with tear gas and water cannon.

Police in Kenya fired tear gas and bullets towards a group of men who beat women attending an election meeting.

Anti-government protesters march towards military barracks facing tear gas, watercannon.

Police disperse El-Zakzaky supporters' protest in Abuja with tear gas.

Hundreds of anti-corruption protesters marching in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, are met with police tear gas and batons.