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Chairs set up by the prime minister's office for a proposed "dialogue" are placed outside the Prime Minister's Office and government headquarters following several days of anti-government protests that turned violent in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. | Photo: AP/Hameraldi Agolli
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People watch at a large banner reading, in Albanian, "Long Live the Free Youth! Today We Decide. Prison for the System," hanging from the Polytechnic University during an anti-government protest in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. | Photo: AP/Hameraldi Agolli
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Anti-government protesters stand amid the spray from a police water canon in Tirana, Albania, late Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. | Photo: AP/Boris Grdanoski
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Protesters throw stones during an anti-government protest in Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. | Photo: AP/Boris Grdanoski
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Protesters push a large garbage container during an anti-government protest in Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. | Photo: AP/Boris Grdanoski
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A protester in a gas mask gestures as a police water cannon sprays nearby during an anti-government protest in Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. | Photo: AP/Boris Grdanoski
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Protesters are sprayed with water during an anti-government protest in Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. | Photo: AP/Boris Grdanoski
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Protesters hold Albanian flags outside the prime minister's office during an anti-government protest in Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. | Photo: AP/Boris Grdanoski
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Teachers hold a banner reading in Albanian, "Stop violence against students," during an anti-government protest, with the prime minister's office in the background, in Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. | Photo: AP/Boris Grdanoski
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Riot police with shields cross a road during an anti-government protest in Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. | Photo: AP/Boris Grdanoski
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A police water cannon sprays demonstrators at an anti-government protest in Tirana, Albania, late Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. | Photo: AP/Boris Grdanoski
