In India, thousands of farmers across the country blocked roads with makeshift tents, tractors, trucks and boulders to pressure government to roll back agricultural reforms.

Three-hour “chakka jam”, or road blockade, started around noon.

Farmers squatted on the road in the eastern Odisha and Karnataka states with flags and banners protesting against the farm laws and urging the government not to treat them as enemies.

Meanwhile, United Nations has called on India to find equitable solutions to the issue with due respect to human rights for all.