Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Brazil to demonstrate against the government.
Reports say about 50,000 people turned out in Sao Paulo alone for the seventh day of protests against the new president, Michel Temer.
Mr Temer took office after Dilma Rousseff was removed from the presidency in an impeachment trial.
The rally began peacefully but police used tear gas, stun grenades and water cannon as clashes broke out at the end.
The police said they had been forced to take measures to avoid vandalism.
Brazil’s senate voted to remove Dilma Rousseff from office last week, for manipulating government accounts to hide a shortfall in the government’s budget.
Meanwhile President Temer has dismissed the protests, describing it as insignificant.
“They are small groups, not popular movements of any size,” he said. “In a population of 204 million Brazilians, they are not representative.”
He spoke to reporters at a summit of the G20 group of leading world economies in Hangzhou, China.
Temer previously served as Vice President but will now serve out the remainder of Rousseff’s term until the next election in 2018.
The Paralympic Games will begin in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, September 7.
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