Algeria’s tidy revolutionaries: Cleanup after mass protests

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Sat, 2019-04-06 06:39

ALGIERS: Algeria’s protesters roam the streets picking up bottles, papers and other detritus left behind, after massive pro-democracy demonstrations conclude every week,
It’s a powerful symbol of the movement’s peaceful, hopeful spirit.
After the protests started Feb. 22 against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his entourage, organizers started sending messages on Facebook calling for demonstrators to stay peaceful and clean up after themselves.

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