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Ten years ago, a fruit seller set himself ablaze in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid after an altercation with a policewoman about where he had put his cart. Word of Mohamed Bouazizi's fatal act of defiance quickly spread, sparking nationwide protests reut.rs/3nlc3Yn 1/4

The demonstrations eventually toppled Tunisia’s long-serving leader and helped inspire similar uprisings across the region - the so-called 'Arab Spring'. Huge protests broke out in Egypt and Bahrain, governments fell and civil war engulfed Libya, Syria and Yemen 2/4

Tunisians are now free to choose their leaders and can publicly criticize the state. Yet for all the chaos they have been through, many people look back on the events of 2010 and regret that their dreams remain unfulfilled reut.rs/3nlc3Yn 3/4

So what became of the 'Arab Spring'? This is what happened in each of the main uprisings reut.rs/3r0rdo7 4/4