DescriptionProtesters opposing presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto demonstrating in Mexico City’s historic center ahead of the 2012 presidential election. Despite the protests, Peña Nieto went on to win the election with 38.2% of the vote, returning the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to the presidency after 12 years out of power.
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DescriptionA protester kicking a tear-gas canister during clashes with Paris police as high school students, teachers and supporters took to the streets demanding better-funded schools, more teachers and improved learning conditions.