1||One month ago, Tunisian protesters ousted President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, ending decades of authoritarian rule. Within weeks, Egyptians forced President Hosni Mubarak from power, sparking anti-government protests in other countries throughout the region, including Libya, Yemen, Iran, Bahrain, Algeria, and Morocco.
On Sunday, protesters gathered in Bahrain, with one person waving a Bahraini Flag with a peace symbol drawn on. ||ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
2||Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Casablanca, Morocco on Sunday, demanding political reforms there. ||Zacarias Garcia/EFE/Newscom&&
3||Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, went on state television Sunday to denounce the anti-government protesters in that country, while admitting that the government had overreacted by opening fire on demonstrators. Reports estimate that upwards of 200 people were killed in clashes with government forces. ||EyePress/Libyan TV/Newscom&&
4||Iranians ran from police during an anti-government rally in Tehran on February 14. ||UPI/STR/Newscom&&
5||Protesters gathered at Pearl Square in Bahrain on over the weekend, just days after police shot at and killed several people who had been demonstrating there. || ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
6||Protesters gathered in Casablanca, Morocco on Sunday. ||Zacarias Garcia/EFE/Newscom&&
7||Anti-government demonstrators clashed with police in Algeria on Saturday. || Mohamed Kadri/Xinhua/Newscom&&
8||Iranians set fires during a protest in Tehran last week. ||UPI/STR/Newscom&&
9||Protesters in Bahrain fled amid a volley of tear gas and rubber bullets fired by government forces on Friday. ||ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
10||A wounded man was rushed away after being injured when protesters and soldiers fought in Manama, Bahrain.|| CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Newscom&&
11||Tear gas hung over a road near Pearl Square in Bahrain on Friday. ||ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
12||A boy in Bahrain held a sign pleading for U.N. assistance. ||ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
13||Soldiers in Manama, Bahrain fired on protests who marched on Pearl Square last week. ||ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
14||When Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa ordered soldiers to withdraw from Pearl Square, protesters poured back into the area. ||ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
15||A man with peace symbols drawn on his clothes waved a Bahraini flag in Pearl Square on Sunday.|| ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
16||Tear gas canisters fired on protesters in Bahrain. ||ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
17||Protesters marched toward Pearl Square in Bahrain. ||Wang Bo/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom&&
18||A wounded man was brought into a hospital in Bahrain. ||ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
19||Police in riot gear corralled a crowd in Algiers, Algeria on Saturday. ||M.KADRI/CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Newscom&&
20||An Algerian man waved peace signs at riot police. ||M.KADRI/CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Newscom&&
21||Algerian police blocked a road in Algiers, Algeria in anticipation of Saturday’s rally. ||ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
22||An Algerian woman holds a flower in front of riot police.||imago stock&people/Newscom&&
23||People marched beneath an Algerian flag in Algiers. ||Xia Chen/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom&&
24||Algerian police fight with a group of protesters in Algiers. ||Louiza Ammi/ABACAUSA.COM/Newscom&&
25||Protesters gathered at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, Bahrain. ||ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
26||Algerians called on the government for democratic reforms on Saturday. ||Louiza Ammi/ABACAUSA.COM/Newscom&&
