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Greek protests as workers strike

Strike in Greece: A demonstartor hurls projectiles at riot police
A demonstrator hurls projectiles at riot police near the Greek parliament in Athens
Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
Strike in Greece: A demonstrator hurls projectiles at riot police
A protester confronts a line of riot police
Photograph: John Kolesidis/Reuters
Strike in Greece: Demonstrators and riot police in front of the Greek parliament
Police block access to a demonstrator waving the Greek flag
Photograph: John Kolesidis/Reuters
Strike in Greece: Demonstrators and riot police on a bridge near Syntagma square in Athens
Riot police hold back a protester on a bridge near Syntagma square
Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
Strike in Greece: Riot police react to a molotov cocktail as it explodes on a bridge
A petrol bomb explodes near riot police
Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
Strike in Greece: Riot police spray tear gas and clash with protestors
5 May: Riot police spray teargas at rioters
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Strike in Greece: Riot police stand in front on burnt out Marfin Egnatia bank
Police stand guard in front of a burned-out Marfin Egnatia bank in Athens where three people died
Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images
Strike in Greece: Riot policeman are engulfed in flames
Petrol bomb flames hold riot police back
Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
Strike in Greece: Riot policemen clash with protestors in the centre of Athens
Protesters in the centre of Athens
Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images
Greece: A pro-communist protester shouts slogans against parliament
A pro-communist protester shouts slogans
Photograph: Dimitri Messinis/AP
Greece: Communist labour union members march in Athens during a nationwide strike
Striking members of the communist labour union, PAME, on the march in Athens
Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
Greece: Demonstrators shout slogans near the Parliament building
Demonstrators shout slogans near the parliament building in Athens
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Greece: A teacher carries a banner which translates as 'Education for sale'
A teacher carries a banner proclaiming 'Education for sale' during protests
Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images
Greece: An Orthodox priest walks past riot policemen
An Orthodox priest walks past riot police
Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images
Greece: Dutch tourists wait to go on a ferry to Turkey
Dutch tourists wait for a ferry to Turkey after flights from Mytilene were cancelled because of a transport workers' strike
Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Greece: Members of Communist Party of Greece (KKE) wave flags
Communist party members storm the Acropolis in Athens
Photograph: Milos Bicanski/Getty Images
Greece: People demonstrate in the centre of Thessaloniki
A protester marches behind a ripped banner in the centre of Thessaloniki
Photograph: Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP/Getty Images
Greece: Pro communist party strikers block the entrance of a boat in Piraeus
Strikers block the gangway to a boat in Piraeus harbour
Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP
Greece: Riot police clash with demonstrators near the parliament in Athens
Riot police clash with protesters near the parliament building in Athens
Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images
Greece Rioting: A Greek riot police officer runs to escape from protestors
A riot police officer flees angry protesters
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Greece Rioting: A Greek riot policeman stands near graffiti on the wall of a bank in Athens
Graffiti sends a message
Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
Greece Rioting: A protestor gestures to police near the Parliament building in Athens
A protester mocks police near the parliament building
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Greece Rioting: Firemen stand by the burnt Ministry of Economy offices building
Firemen stand by the burnt-out ministry of economy offices
Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images
Greece Rioting: People walk around burnt out Ihlas turkish international news agency van
A wrecked news agency van
Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images
Greece Rioting: Protestors throw red flares during clashes with police in Athens
Red flares in Athens
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
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