In Poland:

Police used water cannons and pepper spray and detained dozens of far-right protesters who tried to disrupt an LGBT pride march Saturday in conservative eastern Poland.

The clash took place during the second socalled Equality March in the city of Lublin. The event, originally banned by Lublin's mayor but overruled in court, reflects the gay rights movement in Poland that has grown more vocal and met a backlash from social conservatives in the mostly Roman Catholic country.

The conservative ruling party, Law and Justice, depicts the movement as a threat to Polish traditions and has made opposing gay rights a key theme ahead of Poland's Oct. 13 general election.