Ukrainian Cossacks and the police officers walk side by side during joint patrolling of the streets of Ukrainian industrial city of Donetsk, on February 2, 2014. Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Ukraine today in a bid to wring new concessions from President Viktor Yanukovych, buoyed by pledges of support from Europe and the United States. More than 50,000 people could be seen on Kiev's barricaded Independence Square -- that has become the epicentre of a two-month protest movement -- and thousands more were arriving. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY
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