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![Thousands took to the streets of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on April 20 for an eighth-straight day to protest the election of former President Serzh Sarkisian as prime minister. Here, 6-year-old Lucine Burtoyan said to a police officer guarding the government building: "Come with us. Why are you with [Sarkisian]? Why aren’t you with your people?" (RFE/RL/Amos Chapple)](https://gdb.rferl.org/D6C13D77-7D1D-4246-A21F-C9061A7FCC30_w160_r1.jpg)
![Thousands took to the streets of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on April 20 for an eighth-straight day to protest the election of former President Serzh Sarkisian as prime minister. Here, 6-year-old Lucine Burtoyan said to a police officer guarding the government building: "Come with us. Why are you with [Sarkisian]? Why aren’t you with your people?" (RFE/RL/Amos Chapple)](https://gdb.rferl.org/D6C13D77-7D1D-4246-A21F-C9061A7FCC30_w66_r1.jpg)
