Street protests over teacher pay and the increased cost for public transport became violent and destructive in Rio de Janeiro and in Sao Paulo, Brazil, during October. 

Although many of the thousands of protesters in the street marches were peaceful, a smaller group of masked men, known as the Black Bloc anarchist group, were accused of using the protests to burn buses, set fires to banks, vandalize stores and start riots. Police responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. 

As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 34 destinations: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Israel/West Bank/Gaza, Kenya, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Republic of South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen. ...

The Department of State warns against all nonessential travel to Pakistan. The presence of several foreign and indigenous terrorist groups poses a potential danger to travelers throughout Pakistan. Attacks have included armed assaults on heavily guarded sites, including Pakistani military installations. Terrorist groups continue to seek opportunities to attack locations where Westerners are known to congregate or visit. Terrorists and criminal groups regularly resort to kidnapping for ransom...