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This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.

THE OBSERVERS
This week: Greece's 'Indignant' movement, Putin vs. environmentalists and Saudi retreat from Bahrain protests
09/07/2011 - THE OBSERVERS

This week: Greece's 'Indignant' movement, Putin vs. environmentalists and Saudi retreat from Bahrain protests

This week, our Observers tell us about the 'Indignant' movement in Greece, crash the beach in front of Vladimir Putin's controversial black sea palace, and denounce the Saudi Arabia's quiet withdrawal from Bahrain after repressing the opposition.
Popular protests in Senegal, gun battles between inmates and guards in Venezuela, bus driver sacked after playing with mobile phone in Canada
02/07/2011 - THE OBSERVERS

Popular protests in Senegal, gun battles between inmates and guards in Venezuela, bus driver sacked after playing with mobile phone in Canada

Derek Thomson presents a news show produced exclusively from content provided by amateurs. Photos, videos and personal accounts from our network of Observers around the world - all checked by our staff in Paris. First run Saturdays at 8:10 am Paris time.
Falsified election cards in DR Congo, fed up Moroccans and angry hockey fans in Vancouver
25/06/2011 - THE OBSERVERS

Falsified election cards in DR Congo, fed up Moroccans and angry hockey fans in Vancouver

This week our Observers tell us about minors being given election cards in DR Congo, how King Mohammed VI’s constitutional reforms stand up to Moroccans’ demands for change, and how Canadian hockey fans don’t like to lose.
This week: Refugees in Sudan's Abyei, rebel celebrations in Yemen and an Afghan 'djihad-gangsta'
11/06/2011 - THE OBSERVERS

This week: Refugees in Sudan's Abyei, rebel celebrations in Yemen and an Afghan 'djihad-gangsta'

In this week's show, our Observers tell us about the situation of refugees in the disputed Sudanese region of Abyei. They also celebrate the apparent departure of Yemen leader Ali Abdallah Saleh, and make fun of Afghanistan's 'gansta djihadis'.
THIS WEEK: Morocco hardens stance against anti-gov't protesters, Mongolian herders revolt, and flooded Pakistan's 'spider trees'
04/06/2011 - THE OBSERVERS

THIS WEEK: Morocco hardens stance against anti-gov't protesters, Mongolian herders revolt, and flooded Pakistan's 'spider trees'

This week our Observers take us to Morroco, where authorities are hardening their stance against anti-government protesters. Then to the Chine region of Inner-Mongolia, where herders are leading an unprecedented revolt. Finally, to Pakistan, one year after devastating floods left a trail of ghostly 'spider trees'.

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