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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2019 file photo, police officers clash with Catalan pro-independence protesters during a demonstration in Barcelona. As 2019 gave way to 2020 in a cloud of tear gas, and in some cases a hail of bullets, from Hong Kong to Baghdad, from Beirut to Barcelona and Santiago, it seemed civil disobedience and government crackdowns on protests would dominate the international landscape. Then came the coronavirus. Protests, by their very nature driven by large gatherings, have been doused. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2019 file photo, police officers clash with Catalan pro-independence protesters during a demonstration in Barcelona. As 2019 gave way to 2020 in a cloud of tear gas, and in some cases a hail of bullets, from Hong Kong to Baghdad, from Beirut to Barcelona and Santiago, it seemed civil disobedience and government crackdowns on protests would dominate the international landscape. Then came the coronavirus. Protests, by their very nature driven by large g…

March 11, 2020

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The new mask: Wave of global revolt replaced by virus fear
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The new mask: Wave of global revolt replaced by virus fear

BEIRUT (AP) — As 2019 gave way to 2020 in a cloud of tear gas, and in some cases a hail of bullets, from Hong Kong to Baghdad, from Beirut to Barcelona and Santiago, it seemed civil disobedience and government crackdowns on protests would dominate the international landscape.