• Thousands of students from universities and secondary schools skip classes and join the protests in Tahrir Square.
• Death toll reaches sixty-three since the start of the new wave of protests on October 25.

Image: Universities students hold the Iraqi flag as they take part in a protest over corruption, lack of jobs, and poor services, in Kerbala, Iraq October 28, 2019. REUTERS/Abdullah Dhiaa al-Deeen TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY