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PHOTO GALLERY: Police in Bangladesh clash with protesters over power plant




Bangladeshi policemen push a barricade to stop protestors demanding cancellation of a plan for a massive coal-fired power plant near ecologically sensitive mangrove forests on the coast in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (AP)

Bangladeshi policemen fire tear gas shells to disperse protestors demanding cancellation of a plan for a massive coal-fired power plant near ecologically sensitive mangrove forests on the coast in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (AP)

A Bangladeshi protester shows shells from tear gas and rubber bullets during a protest against the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Dhaka on January 26, 2016. (AFP)

Bangladeshi police fire tear gas shells towards demonstrators during a strike to protest the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Dhaka on January 26, 2016. (AFP)

Bangladeshi activists react to teargas as they take part in a protest against the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Dhaka on January 26, 2016. (AFP)

Bangladeshi activists take part in a protest against the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Dhaka on January 26, 2016. (AFP)

A Bangladeshi protestor throws a rock towards policemen during a protest demanding the scrapping of the proposed Rampal power plant, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (AP)

A Bangladeshi protestor stands alone, as policemen fire tear gas shells and use water cannon to disperse protestors demanding cancellation of a plan for a massive coal-fired power plant near ecologically sensitive mangrove forests on the coast in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (AP)

Bangladeshi activists take part in a protest against the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Dhaka on January 26, 2016. (AFP)

Bangladeshi police fire tear gas shells towards demonstrators during a strike to protest the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Dhaka. (AFP)

A Bangladeshi policeman fires tear gas shells to disperse protestors demanding cancellation of a plan for a massive coal-fired power plant near ecologically sensitive mangrove forests on the coast in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (AP)

Bangladeshi protestors run for cover, as policemen fire tear gas shells to disperse protestors demanding cancellation of a plan for a massive coal-fired power plant near ecologically sensitive mangrove forests on the coast in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (AP)