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Brexit: The week in pictures
  • Thousands of demonstrators gather outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of people across major cities in the UK are expected to join protests against Boris Johnson's plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queens Speech on 14 October, which has limited the time available for MPs to legislate against a no-deal Brexit with the UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Thousands of demonstrators gather outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of people across major cities in the UK are expected to join protests against Boris Johnson's plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queens Speech on 14 October, which has limited the time available for MPs to legislate against a no-deal Brexit with the UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Thousands of demonstrators gather outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of people across major cities in the UK are expected to join protests against Boris Johnson's plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queens Speech on 14 October, which has limited the time available for MPs to legislate against a no-deal Brexit with the UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Thousands of demonstrators gather outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of people across major cities in the UK are expected to join protests against Boris Johnson's plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queens Speech on 14 October, which has limited the time available for MPs to legislate against a no-deal Brexit with the UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Thousands of demonstrators gather outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of people across major cities in the UK are expected to join protests against Boris Johnson's plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queens Speech on 14 October, which has limited the time available for MPs to legislate against a no-deal Brexit with the UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Thousands of demonstrators gather outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of people across major cities in the UK are expected to join protests against Boris Johnson's plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queens Speech on 14 October, which has limited the time available for MPs to legislate against a no-deal Brexit with the UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Thousands of demonstrators gather outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of people across major cities in the UK are expected to join protests against Boris Johnson's plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queens Speech on 14 October, which has limited the time available for MPs to legislate against a no-deal Brexit with the UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Thousands of demonstrators gather outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of people across major cities in the UK are expected to join protests against Boris Johnson's plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queens Speech on 14 October, which has limited the time available for MPs to legislate against a no-deal Brexit with the UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Thousands of demonstrators gather outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of people across major cities in the UK are expected to join protests against Boris Johnson's plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queens Speech on 14 October, which has limited the time available for MPs to legislate against a no-deal Brexit with the UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Thousands of demonstrators gather outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of people across major cities in the UK are expected to join protests against Boris Johnson's plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queens Speech on 14 October, which has limited the time available for MPs to legislate against a no-deal Brexit with the UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • A demonstrator flies a Scottish Saltire EU composite flag during a protest against the British government's move to suspend parliament in the final weeks before Brexit in Glasgow on August 31, 2019. - Demonstrations, being dubbed "Stop The Coup" by organisers, were to be held across Britain on August 31 against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's move to suspend parliament in the final weeks before Brexit. The protests come ahead of an intense political week in which Johnson's opponents will seek to block the move in court and legislate against a no-deal departure from the European Union. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Thousands of demonstrators gather outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of people across major cities in the UK are expected to join protests against Boris Johnson's plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queens Speech on 14 October, which has limited the time available for MPs to legislate against a no-deal Brexit with the UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott speaks to thousands of demonstrators gathered outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of people across major cities in the UK are expected to join protests against Boris Johnson's plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queens Speech on 14 October, which has limited the time available for MPs to legislate against a no-deal Brexit with the UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Activists protest against Brexit and the British Parliament suspension in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany August 31, 2019. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
  • A protester speaks to police officers in York during a demonstration against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for up to five weeks before a Queen's Speech on October 14. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Protesters taking part in the 'Let Us Vote' day of action, organised by Another Europe is Possible campaign group in central London to demonstrate against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for up to five weeks before a Queen's Speech on October 14. (Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Protesters in York take part in a demonstration against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for up to five weeks before a Queen's Speech on October 14. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Protesters taking part in the 'Let Us Vote' day of action, organised by Another Europe is Possible campaign group in central London to demonstrate against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for up to five weeks before a Queen's Speech on October 14. (Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 31: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attends a campaign day at the Alive and Kicking Project building in Glasgow to speak about opposition against Boris Johnson and the UK government proroguing Parliament on August 31, 2019 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Demonstrations and protests have already taken place and are planned across the country against Boris Johnson and a no-deal Brexit after the Prime Minister announced he would seek an extended suspension of Parliament ahead of a Queen’s speech on October 14. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
  • Anti-Brexit protestors demonstrate at Whitehall in London, Britain, August 31, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
  • Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes questions from young people aged 9-14 during an event inside 10 Downing Street in London on August 30, 2019 ahead of an education announcement. - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on August 30 warned any attempt by MPs next week to stop Brexit or delay it beyond October 31 would do "lasting damage" to public trust in politics. (Photo by JEREMY SELWYN / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEREMY SELWYN/AFP/Getty Images)
  • French Minister of Public Action and Accounts Gerald Darmanin (C) shakes hands with Britain's Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove (L) in the northern French port of Calais on August 30, 2019. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP) (Photo credit should read DENIS CHARLET/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Pro-EU demonstrators outside the Court of Session in Edinburgh where Lord Doherty denied a bid by parliamentarians for an interim interdict through the Scottish legal system that would have prevented the UK Parliament being suspended.
  • Brexit protesters in Westminster, London.
  • A Brexit protester in Westminster, London.
  • Demonstrators gather outside Cabinet Office waving Union and EU flags to protest against the Parliament suspension, Central London on August 29, 2019. Parliament will be suspended just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Anti Brexit campaigner Gina Miller leaves Millbank in Westminster, London.
  • Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson during a press conference at Holyrood Hotel in Edinburgh, following her announcement that she has resigned as leader of the Scottish Conservatives, saying holding the post had been the "privilege of my life".
  • British Steel union representatives show placards as Demonstrators gather outside Cabinet Office waving Union and EU flags to protest against the Parliament suspension, Central London on August 29, 2019. Parliament will be suspended just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • Police attempt to move protestors from the streets around Parliament Square
  • Hundreds of people are seen protesting against Boris Johnson outside the houses of parliament on Westminster bridge
  • Hundreds of people are seen protesting against Boris Johnson outside the houses of parliament on Westminster bridge
  • A woman is seen with a flare on westminster bridge outside the houses of parliament where hundreds of people are seen protesting against Boris Johnson
  • Police prepare to control the protesters and clear traffic from Parliament Square where hundreds of people had gathered to protest against Boris Johnson
  • Kayden, 11, waves an EU flag and Union Jack in front of a line of police officers outside Downing Street, London, to demonstrate against Prime Minister Boris Johnson temporarily closing down the Commons from the second week of September until October 14 when there will be a Queen's Speech to open a new session of Parliament.
  • Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott addresses protesters outside the Houses of Parliament, London, to demonstrate against Prime Minister Boris Johnson temporarily closing down the Commons from the second week of September until October 14 when there will be a Queen's Speech to open a new session of Parliament.
  • Protestors from Another Europe is Possible outside the Houses of Parliament, London, to demonstrate against Prime Minister Boris Johnson temporarily closing down the Commons from the second week of September until October 14 when there will be a Queen's Speech to open a new session of Parliament.
  • On the day that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to have Parliament suspended by Queen Elizabeth, days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline, Leave voters protest with their We Want Our Country Back banners opposite the Cabinet Office where daily Brexit contingency planning meetings take place, on 28th August 2019, in Whitehall, Westminster, London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
  • A man in a giant Boris Johnson 'head' digs a grave at the foot of a pretend tombstone outside Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has approved the U.K. government's request to suspend Parliament amid a growing crisis over Brexit. Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to the queen on Wednesday to request an end to the current Parliament session in September.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
  • Anti-Brexit supporters wave flags and hold signs near the Houses of Parliament in central London, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday to suspend Parliament, throwing down the gauntlet to his critics and causing outrage among opposition leaders who will have even less time to thwart a no-deal Brexit. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
  • The Houses of Parliament are seem, with a Union Jack flag in the foreground, in central London, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday to suspend Parliament, throwing down the gauntlet to his critics and causing outrage among opposition leaders who will have even less time to thwart a no-deal Brexit. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
  • A protestor with a mask of Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson demonstrates outside Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Prime Minister Johnson has written to fellow lawmakers explaining his decision to ask Queen Elizabeth II to suspend Parliament as part of the government plans before the Brexit split from Europe. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
  • Members of the anti-Briexit Our Future, Our Choice (OFOC) a youth movement supporting a People's Vote on the Brexit deal, demonstrate outside the gates to Downing Street in central London on August 28, 2019. - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday that the suspension of parliament would be extended until October 14 -- just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU -- enraging anti-Brexit MPs. MPs will return to London later than in recent years, giving pro-EU lawmakers less time than expected to thwart Johnson's Brexit plans before Britain is due to leave the European Union on October 31. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)
  • A picture taken from the street looking through the open door of 11 Downing Street in central London on August 28, 2019 shows Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid (L) inside 11 Downing Street. - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday that the suspension of parliament would be extended until October 14 -- just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU -- enraging anti-Brexit MPs. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)

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