![TOPSHOTS-BURKINA-POLITICS-PROTEST-PARLIAMENT Prostestors enter the parliament in Ouagadougou on Oct. 30, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/burkina-faso-1.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![Anti-government protesters throw rocks at police in Ouagadougou Anti-government protesters throw rocks at police in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Oct. 30, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/burkina-faso-5.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![TOPSHOTS-BURKINA-POLITICS-PROTEST-PARLIAMENT Prostestors enter the parliament in Ouagadougou on Oct. 30, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/burkina-faso-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Riot police arrest an anti-government protester in Ouagadougou Riot police arrest an anti-government protester in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Oct. 30, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/burkina-faso-7.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Soldiers attempt to stop anti-government protesters from entering the parliament building in Ouagadougou Soldiers attempt to stop anti-government protesters from entering the parliament building in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Oct. 30, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/burkina-faso-3.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![BURKINA-POLITICS-PROTEST People stand in front of smoke rising from the Burkina Faso's Parliament, where demonstrators put fire on cars parked in a courtyard of the Parliament, on Oct. 30, 2014 in Ouagadougou.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/burkina-faso-4.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Burkina Faso Politics Protestors on the rampage near the parliament building in Burkina Faso as people protest against their longtime president Blaise Compaore who seeks another term in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Oct. 30, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/burkina-faso-6.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![An anti-government protestor is shot in Ouagadougou An anti-government protester is shot in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Oct. 30, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/burkina-faso-2.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A man lies injured from bullet wounds fired by Burkinabe soldiers in Ouagadougou A man lies injured from bullet wounds fired by Burkinabe soldiers in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Oct. 30, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/burkina-faso-8.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Anti-government protesters loot the parliament building in Ouagadougou Anti-government protesters loot the parliament building in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Oct. 30, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/burkina-faso-10.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Anti-government protesters take over the state TV podium in Ouagadougou Anti-government protesters take over the state TV podium in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Oct. 30, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/burkina-faso-9.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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