Four weeks of protests in Colombia – in pictures
A wave of anti-government protests entered their fourth week on Wednesday as unions, student groups and others demand social change amid intermittent talks between the government and strike organisers
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Protesters in Cali knock down a statue of the Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar, the city’s founder
Photograph: Ernesto Guzmán Jr./EPA
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Demonstrators clash with police in Bogotá
Photograph: Raúl Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images
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A protester clashes with a police officer in Cali
Photograph: Ernesto Guzmán Jr./EPA
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A woman with her face painted in the colours of the Colombian flag takes part in a protest in Cali
Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images
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A demonstrator dangles from a slackline in Medellín
Photograph: Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images
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Demonstrators march in Medellín
Photograph: Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images
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Musicians take part in a protest in Medellín
Photograph: Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images
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A demonstrator in rollerskates wearing a Colombian flag jumps over a fire during a national strike
Photograph: Vizzor Image/Getty Images
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Protesters clash with riot police in Bolivar Square, Bogotá
Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images
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People block a street near a sign reading ‘We resist your bullets - Without forgetting’ in Bogotá
Photograph: Daniel Munoz/AFP/Getty Images
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Protesters use laser beams against police in Bogotá
Photograph: Luisa González/Reuters
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A demonstrator wears a pig mask, a reference to the president, in Bogotá
Photograph: Reuters
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Protesters practise capoeira in Bogotá
Photograph: Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images
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Indigenous people march in Cali
Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images
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A demonstrator holding flowers in Bogotá
Photograph: Reuters
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People gather for a vigil in Cali in honour of people who have died during the protests
Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images
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A musical anti-government protest in Bogotá
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Protesters fly the flag in Pasto on the eighth day of a national strike
Photograph: Camilo Erasso/LongVisual/Zuma/Shutterstock
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Demonstrators hold homemade shields in Cali
Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images
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Protesters take to the streets of Medellín
Photograph: Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images
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Demonstrators clash with police in Medellín
Photograph: Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images
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A protester with tears of blood painted on her face in Bogotá
Photograph: Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images
