IN PHOTOS: Elderly citizens beaten, teargas & arrests at Zim protests

JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, was practically on lockdown as citizens faced off with police in another round of public protests.

Earlier on Friday, the MDC lost an urgent application in the Zimbabwe high court to nullify the prohibitions government had set against the protests.— 263Chat 🇿🇼 August 16, 2019 Military police doing rounds in Harare CBD. #FreeZimbabweMarch pic.twitter.com/VaN1OKvLJq— Open Parly ZW August 16, 2019 Current Situation @MDCAllianceZW @InfoMinZW @nelsonchamisa @edmnangagwa @ZimMediaReview #16August19 #16August #263Chat pic.twitter.com/lZx7WB3HMRIt's getting tense in Harare CBD.

— Open Parly ZW August 16, 2019 One of the protesters who have been hurt by the police is being taken to the hospital. pic.twitter.com/puqx4wUJZ8Police patrol the streets of Harare #FreeZimbabweMarch pic.twitter.com/KiJEBftWFs

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