• Anti-government protesters clash with police in Yemen

    Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

    Police use a water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz on April 25.

    Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

    Anti-government protesters flee after police opened fire in the air to disperse them during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz on April 25.

    Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

    Anti-government protesters carry a fellow protester wounded during clashes with police during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz on April 25.

    By John Makely, NBC News

     It looks like they are at least trying to use non-lethal methods of suppressing the protests. Although Reuters reports that two Yemeni anti-government protesters were killed in separate clashes Monday, including one shot dead in Ibb after plainclothes security men opened fire to halt a protest march, medical sources said.

     For the latest on the crisis click here.

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  • 'Details create the big picture' in Cairo's Tahrir Square

    By Meredith Birkett

    Since internet access was restored in Egypt earlier this week, we've been following self-described "Socialist journalist" Hossam el-Hamalawy's blog at http://www.arabawy.org. During the last two days, when news of violence dominated the headlines, he captured details that show an air of cooperation and solidarity that was maintained away from the clashes between opposing protesters and attacks on journalists.

    Hossam el-Hamalawy

    A protester distributes free cigarettes in Cairo, Egypt in a photo taken Feb. 3.

    Hossam el-Hamalawy

    Coptic Christians and Muslims unite in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt in an image uploaded to Flickr on Feb. 2.

    Hossam el-Hamalawy

    Graffiti on one of the buildings in Tahrir Square show protesters preferences for Twitter, Al-Jazeera and Facebook in a photo uploaded to Flickr on Feb. 3.

    Hossam el-Hamalawy

    U.S. citizens hold signs in support of the anti-government movement in an image uploaded to Flickr on Feb. 3.

    Hossam el-Hamalawy

    Drink vendors work in Tahrir Square. This image was uploaded Feb. 2.

     (headline quote by Sanford I. Weill)

  • Demonstration against violence held on both sides of U.S.-Mexico border fence

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    Gael Gonzalez / Reuters

    People gather on the border fence separating Mexico and the U.S. as seen from the Mexican side in Ciudad Juarez January 29, 2011. About 200 people gathered on both sides of the border, wishing for peace and an end to violence.

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    Women hold signs at the Anapra-Sunland Park chain-link fence during a demonstration against violence in the Mexico-United States border in Ciudad Juarez on January 29, 2011. Over 200 people on both sides of the border came together to express their desire for peace and an end to violence in Ciudad Juarez.

    Gael Gonzalez / Reuters

    A man standing on the Mexican side of the border fence separating Mexico and the U.S. flashes the peace sign as people wave peace flags on the U.S. side, in Ciudad Juarez January 29, 2011. About 200 people gathered on both sides of the border, wishing for peace and an end to violence.

     

  • At the end of the day: Tunisian protesters at rest

    Reuters moved this nice selection of images by photojournalist Finbarr O'Reilly of Tunisian protesters camped outside the prime minister's office. You can read the latest on the unrest in Tunisia here and see a slideshow of images here.  

    Finbarr O'Reilly / Reuters

    Protesters from marginalized rural areas camp out overnight outside the prime minister's office in Tunis, Jan. 25. Tunisian politicians are negotiating the creation of a council to oversee the interim government, people close to the talks said on Monday after days of street protests demanding that the cabinet resign.

    Finbarr O'reilly / Reuters

    A protester smokes while camped out overnight with others outside the prime minister's office in Tunis, Jan. 25.

    Finbarr O'Reilly / Reuters

    Protesters from marginalized rural areas camp out overnight outside the prime minister's office in Tunis, Jan. 25.

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  • Kin Cheung/AP

    Tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park on Friday, June 4, to mark the 21st anniversary of the June 4th Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing.

    Candlelight vigil in Hong Kong

    Slideshow: View the images of the deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing.