24 hours in pictures, 20 February 2026

Demonstrators are sprayed with water by police outside the Congress building, where Argentina’s President Javier Milei’s labour reforms are being treated, in Buenos Aires on February 19, 2026. The contested reforms pushed by Argentina’s President Javier Milei would make it easier to hire and fire workers in a country where job security is already hard to come by.

It would also reduce severance pay, limit the right to strike, increase work hours and restrict holiday provisions. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP) MORE PICTURES:Behind the scenes at romantic ballet classic Giselle