Anti-Austerity Protests Across Europe

A student holds a lighted torch during a demonstration against austerity measures in downtown Rome, November 14, 2012.

A demonstrator blows a horn in front of Spanish riot police during a strike against government austerity measures in Pamplona, Spain, November 14, 2012.

Workers from Telefonica phone company take part in a demonstration against the dismissals at their company in Barcelona, Spain, November 13, 2012.

Protesters march through Syntagma square in Athens with flags of Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal, November 14, 2012.

A woman dressed as a nun holds a board reading "marriage for everybody" as part of a demonstration against austerity in Paris, November 14, 2012.

A protestor lies on the ground during clashes with riot police in Madrid, Spain, November 14, 2012.

Demonstrators hold a banner reading 'For solidarity in Europe' in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, November 14, 2012.

A protester covers her head in a plastic bag, meant to show that austerity measures are suffocating Greeks, outside Parliament in Athens, November 14, 2012.

Demonstrators march in Porto, Portugal, November 14, 2012.

Riot police clash with students in downtown Rome, November 14, 2012.