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Several hundred Sunni Iraqis gathered on Monday to protest against the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The group, which included large numbers of children, shouted "Iran out, out! Baghdad free forever!" and carried banners proclaiming "Najad you are the one who destroyed Baghdad" and "Your mortar shells precede your visit". Ahmadinejad's two-day visit, which ended on Monday, was the first by an Iranian president since the creation of the Islamic republic in 1979 and marks a sharp shift in ties between the former foes, whose 1980-88 war killed an estimated one million people.

Palestinian children in Gaza City use their bodies as placards, burnt Israeli and U.S. flags and stuck up posters to protest against Israel's closure of the coastal territory, which may lead to a humanitarian crisis.

After Buddhist monks led Myanmar's biggest street protests in nearly two decades, many had hoped for change. But those hopes were dashed by the military crackdown in which at least 31 people were killed. More than six months on, the country is more isolated than ever, and images like these -- showing a nation of rampant poverty and a wealthy elite -- increasingly rare.

Thousands of Argentines take to the streets of Buenos Aires to protest against President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's refusal to back down on tax hikes that have sparked a two-week-old farmers strike. The strike marks a sharp escalation in a three-year-old dispute between the government and the farm lobby, which has been angered by policies aimed at controlling inflation that have included export bans and price controls on soy and sunflower products. Argentina is the world's top exporter of soy oil and soy meal.

Hundreds of pro-Tibet protesters have already been demonstrating in San Francisco ahead of the flame's journey through the city on Wednesday. Seven thousand demonstrators are expected to line the streets later. But there will be an unprecedented security blanket designed to prevent a repeat of the chaotic scenes in Paris. Images and soundbites of protests from AFPTV.

Hundreds of Egyptians turned out to march in the UN-organised Global Walk Against Hunger on Sunday. It's a pressing issue in the north African country, where millions are suffering from rising food prices and struggling to provide their families with basic staples like rice and bread.

Pro-Tibet protests continue across Dharamsala with hundreds of local Tibetans taking to the streets demanding international action against China’s violent clamp down on demonstrators. Monks and ordinary people marched to the Dalai Lama’s residence and held a candle light vigil calling on China to disclose the number of deaths and arrests over the last 10 days.

A Chinese official in Tibet has also confirmed that a group of Tibetan monks have been shut inside a temple while the government investigates evidence surrounding the Tibetan unrest which broke out earlier in March. The protests by angry Tibetans sparked controversy over China's human rights record ahead of the Olympic Games due to be held in Beijing this summer.

Dozens of people have been arrested at an oppostion protest against the landslide presidential election victory of Dmitry Medvedev. More than 100 police, some in full riot gear, arrested dozens of protesters taking part in the unauthorised demonstration following Sunday's poll won by President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor.