Riot police apprehend a protestor during a general strike in Valencia, Spain on Wednesday. Spain's main trade unions stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austerity measures and labor reforms. The strike is the second in Spain this year.
Police riots stand guard in front of a restaurant as the owner waits for the protestors to leave.
Riot policemen stand on guard in Madrid on Wednesday.
Demonstrators clash with policemen in riot gear during a protest in Rome. Protesters clashed with police in various demonstrations in Rome, Milan, Turin, Padua and Brescia.
Demonstrators clash with policemen in riot gears in Rome.
A protestor holds a flair during a demonstration called by unions in Paris.
A protester covers her head in a plastic bag, meant to show that austerity measures are suffocating Greeks, outside Parliament during a union protest in Athens.
