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Thousands of Russian opposition supporters rally in Moscow after mass police detentions at recent protests that have been among the largest since President Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin in 2012. IMAGES
Supporters of former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum gather at a rally in the Mexican capital's iconic Zocalo square to kick off her presidential campaign as the race heats up for the June 2 vote. Sheinbaum, a close ally of outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is representing the ruling Morena party and will face Xochitl Galvez, an outspoken 60-year-old businesswoman and senator with Indigenous roots selected to represent an opposition coalition, the Broad Front for Mexico. IMAGES
At least 120,000 people attend a rally for hostages in Tel Aviv according to the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum Headquarters. The hostages were taken by Hamas following the militant group's unprecedented October 7 attack on southern Israel. Marking the 100 days mark since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the rally will go on for 24 hours until the evening of 14 January. IMAGES
Thousands of Indonesians from diverse religious groups participate in a Muslim-led rally in a collective plea for a ceasefire in Gaza. Fighting raged in Gaza Sunday for the 30th day since Hamas militants stormed across the Israeli border and, according to Israeli officials, killed more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and abducted over 240 others. Since then, Israel has relentlessly bombarded the Gaza Strip and sent in ground troops, with the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory saying 9,488 people have been killed, around two-thirds of them women and children. IMAGES
Thousands of people in Lagos, await the arrival of Bola Tinubu, Nigerian presidential candidate of the ruling party (APC, for his final campaign rally days before the presidential elections on February 25. IMAGES