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Security forces clashed with protesters in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, as anti-government demonstrations took place across the country.
Riot police used tear gas to try to split large gatherings.
According to the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), demonstrations took place in at least 50 places in the country.
Journalist Zeinab Mohammed Salih told the BBC that it was the biggest day of live memory protests.
Police reportedly used tear gas to control the crowd in several neighborhoods in Khartoum.
Demonstrations began in Sudan last month against the country's economic situation, but are now focused on the removal of President Omar al-Bashir.
Since the protests began, officials said 26 people have died so far, but human rights groups say more than 40 people have been killed.
Doctors have increasingly targeted doctors because of their high social status as well as the active role that some have played in the organization of demonstrations.
Last week, state forces fired on a 16-year-old boy and a doctor taking part in demonstrations in the Burri district of the capital.
The doctor who died, Dr. Babiker Abdulhemeed, had "more than 14 live bullets in the body," said a member of the Sudan Doctors Union at the BBC.
Some foreign journalists have been prevented from reporting events in the country.
In recent days, a number of journalists working for Al Jazeera, the Turkish news agency Anadolu and the Saudi channel Al Arabiya TV have been denied accreditation.
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