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Residents of Brazil's economic capital Sao Paulo demonstrate in support of democracy one year after supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court in the capital Brasilia. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed there will be no pardon for those involved in the attacks that took place on January 8, 2023, only days after the leftist veteran's swearing-in. IMAGES
Palestinians rally in Ramallah on New Year's eve in solidarity with Gaza. Israeli strikes pounded Gaza as both sides near the end of a dark year and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the war sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack will last for "many months." IMAGES
Thousands of Iraqis pour onto Tahrir Square in Baghdad in support of Palestinians amid Israeli air strikes on Gaza in reprisal for a surprise Hamas attack. IMAGES
Protesters burn portraits of the Swedish king as they rally in Baghdad's Tahrir Square against a Stockholm protest in which a man stomped on the Koran, weeks after he had burnt pages of Islam's holy book, sparking anger across the Muslim world. IMAGES
People brandish portraits of religious leader Moqtada Sadr after protesters set fire to the Swedish embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden. IMAGES
Iraqis protest outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad a day after an Iraqi citizen living in Sweden stomped on the Koran and set several pages alight in front of Stockholm's largest mosque. IMAGES