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Photos: Street battles in Burundi intensify

May 21, 2015 10:13AM ET

Two are killed as police and protesters clash over presidential elections

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A protester sits in front of a burned barricade during a protest against President Pierre Nkurunziza, in Bujumbura, Burundi, May 21, 2015. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
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Protesters throw stones at police as clashes over Nkurunziza’s declaration that he would seek a third term intensified on Thursday. Jerome Delay / AP
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A policeman fires a rifle during Thursday’s clashes, when two protesters were killed. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
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A wounded man lies on the ground after he was shot by a policeman, according to protesters, May 21, 2015. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
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Demonstrators display cartridges fired from police guns, May 20, 2015. Jerome Delay / AP
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Police and a security service member in civilian clothes kick a protester on the ground, May 20, 2015. Jerome Delay / AP
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A masked demonstrator mans a barricade, May 19, 2015. Jerome Delay / AP
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Demonstrators take cover during a protest on Wednesday, when Nkurunziza announced that the presidential elections would be delayed by one week to June 5. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
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A dead crow at one of the barricades mocks the ruling party, whose emblem is an eagle, May 20, 2015. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

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Demonstrators oppose President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to seek a third term

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