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Thousands of people gather in Vancouver to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died a few days after her arrest by religious police for allegedly violating the strict dress code for women in force since shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. IMAGES
Iranians and supporters in Japan take part in a rally for "Women, Life, Freedom" in Tokyo, as protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini in Iran entered a sixth week. The death of 22-year-old Amini, after her arrest for allegedly breaching Iran's strict dress code for women, has fuelled the biggest protests seen in the Islamic republic for years. IMAGES
Iranian MPs chant "death to America" while raising their clenched fists during a meeting in the capital Tehran. IMAGES
The UN rights office says that it is "alarmed" by reports that live ammunition was used against protesters in Iran and had caused a significant number of deaths across the country. SOUNDBITE
Protesters take to the streets of Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country after more than a month of deadly anti-government protests. IMAGES
"I don't necessarily see any broader regional security impacts at this point in time," US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran. SOUNDBITE
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