Photos: Sheikh Hasina flees Bangladesh; protestors storm her residence

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Anti-government protestors celebrate in Shahbag near Dhaka University area in Dhaka on August 5, 2024. Protests in Bangladesh that began as student-led demonstrations against government hiring rules in July culminated on August 5, with the prime minister fleeing and the military announcing it would form an interim government. Image Credit: AFP

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Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka on August 5, 2024. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday fled her Dhaka palace in a helicopter that landed in India, reports said, ending her 15-year rule of the country after deadly protests over job quotas killed at least 300 people. Image Credit: AFP

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Anti-government protestors gather to vandalise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka on August 5, 2024. Image Credit: AFP

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Hasina, 76, had sought since early July to quell nationwide protests against her government, but she fled after a brutal day of unrest on Sunday in which nearly 100 people died. Above, anti-government protestors gather inside Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka on August 5, 2024. Image Credit: AFP

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What started in late June as peaceful protests seeking to abolish a government jobs quota turned into deadly unrest in recent weeks, with demonstrators seeking to oust Hasina. Image Credit: AFP

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Anti-government protestors march towards Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace as army personnel (C) stand guard in Shahbag area, near Dhaka university in Dhaka on August 5, 2024. Image Credit: AFP

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(FILES) Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during an interview at a hotel in New York. Hasina was the world's longest-serving female head of a government, winning a fourth term as prime minister in an election in January that her opponents and voters boycotted. The US, the biggest buyer of Bangladesh's exports, had criticized the polls and imposed visa curbs on members of Hasina's party and law enforcement officials in September. Image Credit: AFP

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Anti-government protestors vandalise the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhaka on August 5, 2024. Image Credit: AFP

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Bangladesh army personnel stand guard during a curfew on August 5, 2024, following clashes between police and Anti-Discrimination Student Movement activists amid anti-government protests in the Shahbag area of Dhaka. Image Credit: AFP

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This aerial photo shows anti-government protestors setting fire at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum Dhanmondi in Dhaka on August 5, 2024. Image Credit: AFP

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Anti-government protestors vandalise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka on August 5, 2024. Image Credit: AFP

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