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Hundreds gather in Barcelona to protest overtourism in southern Europe

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Thousands of people took to the streets of several cities across southern Europe on Sunday in the latest protest against overtourism.

In the Spanish city of Barcelona, where the main demonstrations took place, some fired water pistols at shop windows and set off smoke.

Organised by the alliance "Southern Europe against Overtourism", demonstrators joined forces with groups in Portugal and Italy.

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