In Pictures: Students, police clash in South Africa over rising education costs

Violence continues as students and police clash during protests against the cost of higher education in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Oct 11, 2016, 09:43 AM

Demonstrators run away from a police vehicle during student protests demanding free education at the Witwatersrand University, in Johannesburg, South Africa. PHOTO: REUTERS

A student from Witwatersrand University is arrested after clashes with police forces. PHOTO:EPA

People gesture and chant slogans during clashes between student and police forces in Johannesburg. PHOTO:AFP

A priest gestures as he walks down the stairs while South African anti-riot police officers protect themselves with shields. PHOTO: AFP

A man covers the head of an injured woman during clashes between students and police forces in Johannesburg. PHOTO: AFP

Masked students enter a building of the Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg to disrupt classes in a bid to shut down the campus. PHOTO:AFP

A South African anti-riot policeman reacts after masked students enter a building of the Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg. PHOTO:AFP

A student is detained by a South African anti-riot policeman after he entered a building of the Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg. PHOTO:AFP

University private security members protect themselves from stones thrown by students from the University of Witwatersrand. PHOTO:AFP

A South African policeman tries to apprehend a student from the University of Witwatersrand. PHOTO:AFP

A student tries to escape from rubber bullet fire by South African anti-riot police. PHOTO:AFP

A riot policeman points at protesters after the FeesMustFall protest spills onto the streets in the Braamfontein district, in Johannesburg. PHOTO:AFP

A student falls while taking cover from police rubber bullet fire. PHOTO:AFP

A policeman runs in front of a bus that was set alight after the FeesMustFall protest spills onto the streets of the Braamfontein district in Johannesburg. PHOTO:AFP

Police disperse protesting students after the FeesMustFall protest spills onto the streets of the Braamfontein district, in Johannesburg. PHOTO:AFP

South African anti riot policemen fire rubber bullets during running battles at the Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg. PHOTO:AFP

Protesters run and hide as police fire rubber bullets after the FeesMustFall protest spills onto the streets in the Braamfontein district, in Johannesburg. PHOTO:AFP

A protester is hit in the face by a rubber bullet as the FeesMustFall protest spills onto the streets of the Braamfontein in Johannesburg. PHOTO:AFP

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