Thousands of Spaniards in central Madrid have defied a ban on their protest camp and continued their open-air sit-in. Spain's electoral board had ruled that the gathering could not continue into the weekend.
It argued the protest could unduly influence voters taking part in local and regional elections across the country on Sunday. The decision - and the deadline - were met with jeers in Puerta del Sol, where thousands gather every evening - and hundreds have been camping out for a week now.
Dubbed the "Spanish revolution", the protest began with a march through Madrid on Sunday, led by young Spaniards angry at mass unemployment, austerity measures and political corruption. It turned into a spontaneous sit-in on the square in Sol, which organisers say has now been mirrored in 57 other cities.