Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Barcelona on Wednesday, November 20, during the national strike in Spain. This strike was held in protest of the increase in housing and rental costs and the decrease in purchasing power, and the local authorities announced that the number of participants in the Barcelona demonstration was about 55,000 people.
It was the first 24-hour general strike in Spain since 2012, disrupting parts of the country's public transport and economic activity.
At the end of the march in Barcelona, a group of protesters confronted the riot police. AFP photos show that a number of protesters set trash cans on fire and threw objects at police, who also used tear gas.
The protests came less than three weeks before early parliamentary elections in Spain on November 29.