Azerbaijan and Armenia struggle for 2nd day over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh
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Police officers try to block an entrance of the government building during a protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Protesters gathered in central Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, blocking streets and demanding that authorities defend Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)Police officers block an entrance of the government building during a protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Protesters gathered in central Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, blocking streets and demanding that authorities defend Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)Police officers defense their injured comrade as they block an entrance of the government building during a protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Protesters gathered in central Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, blocking streets and demanding that authorities defend Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)A woman with a scarf in colors of Armenian national flag gestures in front of police line blocked an entrance of the government building during a protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Protesters gathered in central Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, blocking streets and demanding that authorities defend Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)A demonstrator shows his two Russian passports, one of them for foreign trips, preparing to tear them up in protest of Russia's inaction, in the Lachin Corridor in front of the Russian Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Relations between Russia and Armenia have deteriorated notably in the past year. Armenia sharply criticized Russian peacekeepers for failing to intervene in the blocking of the Lachin Corridor. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)This image taken from video released by Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, shows flash after explosion over an area which Azerbaijan says hosts Armenian forces' positions in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijans forces rained artillery fire on Armenian positions in Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday, and local officials reported that scores of people, both civilians and troops, were killed and wounded in the fighting. (Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan via AP)In this photo taken from video released by Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, smoke rises over an area which Azerbaijan says hosts Armenian forces' positions in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijans forces rained artillery fire on Armenian positions in Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday, and local officials reported that scores of people, both civilians and troops, were killed and wounded in the fighting. (Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan via AP)In this photo taken from a drone video released by Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, men walk at an area which Azerbaijan says hosts Armenian forces' positions in the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The announcement of a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, just a day after Azerbaijan launched heavy artillery fire against Armenian forces, toned down fears of a third full-scale war over the region in the southern Caucasus Mountains. (Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan via AP)Children are in a shelter during shelling in Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Azerbaijan's forces fired artillery at Armenian positions in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ethnic Armenian officials reported heavy shelling around the regional capital of Stepanakert. (AP Photo/Siranush Sargsyan)
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Police officers try to block an entrance of the government building during a protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Protesters gathered in central Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, blocking streets and demanding that authorities defend Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)