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Demonstrators in Quito, Ecuador, use makeshift shields during an anti-government protest June 23 amid a stalemate between the government of President Guillermo Lasso and largely Indigenous demonstrators. More than two weeks of strikes ended June 30, and Ecuador's bishops are helping mediate disagreements between the government and protesters. (CNS/Reuters/Adriano Machado)
Demonstrators in Quito, Ecuador, use makeshift shields during an anti-government protest June 23 amid a stalemate between the government of President Guillermo Lasso and largely Indigenous demonstrators.