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Demonstrators have gathered in France to protest the two-day leaders' summit in Cannes

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'Change the system, not the planet.' Protesters take part in an anti-G20 demonstration through the streets of Nice, France.Frederic Nebinger

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G20 demonstrators hold up signs near a sphere decorated as the planet with the message, 'Hello, the G20?' as they take part in a protest march against globalisation in Nice, France. REUTERS/Eric GaillardERIC GAILLARD/Reuters

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A G20 protester with a home-made sign reading 'Life not Money' at a Credit Lyonnais bank branch in Nice, France, on the eve of the G20 summit. ANNE CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty ImagesANNE CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP / Getty Images

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An anti-G20 demonstrator faces French police as she exits a bank after a demonstration in Nice, Nov. 2, 2011. G20 leaders will gather in nearby Cannes for the final summit of France's presidency Nov. 3-4.JEAN-PAUL PELISSIER/Reuters

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Police guard a bank as protesters demonstrate outside in the centre of Nice, Nov. 2, 2011. Anti-G20 demonstrators have gathered in Nice ahead of the arrival of the world's top economic leaders for the G20 summit in Cannes on Nov. 3 and 4. The leaders are expected to debate current issues surrounding the global financial system in the hope of fending off a global recession and finding an answer to the euro zone crisis. Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesChristopher Furlong/Getty Images

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An demonstrator gestures on Nov. 2, 2011 in front of riot policemen standing guard outside a courthouse in Nice, France, on the eve of the G20 summit. BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty ImagesBORIS HORVAT/AFP / Getty Images

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A lone demonstrator sits and waits underneath a banner at Nice's old abbatoir, the meeting place for anti-G20 protesters, Nov. 2, 2011 in Nice, France. Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesChristopher Furlong/Getty Images

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Anti-G20 demonstrators on the Nice waterfront wear masks portraying, left to right, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, British Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy. REUTERS/Eric GaillardERIC GAILLARD/Reuters

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An anti-G20 protester takes part in a sit-in outside Nice's Palais De Justice in support of another protester who was arrested yesterday on Nov. 2, 2011 in Nice, France. Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesChristopher Furlong/Getty Images

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Anti-globalization protesters demonstrate Wednesday in Nice, France, against G20 summit of Cannes which startes Thursday. AP Photo/Lionel CironneauLionel Cironneau/The Associated Press

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A protester takes part in an anti-G20 demonstration through the streets of Nice ahead of the arrival of the world's top economic leaders for the G20 summit in nearby Cannes, Nov. 3 and 4. Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesFrederic Nebinger/Getty Images

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Anti G20 demonstrators take part in a protest against globalisation on the beach in Nice, Nov. 2, 2011. G20 leaders will gather in nearby Cannes for the final summit of France's presidency Nov. 3-4. The sign reads, The G20 plays it safe and takes no risks.' REUTERS/Jean-Paul PelissierJEAN-PAUL PELISSIER/Reuters

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A demonstrator poses with a mask portraying French President Nicolas Sarkozy on a fake beach during a photobooth session as he takes part in a protest against globalization in Nice on Wednesday.JEAN-PAUL PELISSIER

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Demonstrators walk behind a banner, which reads "People first, not the financial world," during a protest march against globalization and tax havens at the French-Monaco border in Cap d'Ail, southeastern France on Thursday.VINCENT KESSLER

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Anti-G20 demonstrators lay in front of a bank in Nice as they take part in a protest against globalization on the second day of the summit on Friday. A sign reads: "Financial crime scene."ERIC GAILLARD

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A demonstrator, wearing the mask of a sheep, sports a cardboard reading "I'm a potential rioter" during a protest in Nice on Thursday.VALERY HACHE

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British actor Bill Nighy, lying on the bed, is surrounded by activists dressed as nurses during a protest by global unions against the G20 summit in Cannes on Thursday.Michel Spingler

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Tibetan activists lay on the floor next to a plastic head portraying China's President Hu Jintao during a protest for a free Tibet on Friday.ERIC GAILLARD

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