By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter
Demonstrations and Protests
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![Police detain a supporter India’s main opposition Congress party on March 13, 2026, during a protest in New Delhi against price hikes and supply disruptions of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders following the U.S.-Israeli conflict.]()
![<p>Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends Eid al-Fitr prayers in Tehran, Iran on March 31, 2025.</p>]()
By CFR Editors![Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman gestures to crowd during an election campaign rally.]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![Women hold candles during a vigil to honor those killed on January 3 during the U.S. operation to capture Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, at Bolivar Square in Caracas, Venezuela, January 22, 2026.]()
By Caroline Hubbard![<p>Iranian people hold the national flags next to a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a pro-government rally in opposition to the recent protests in Iran in southern Tehran on December 30, 2025. </p>]()
By Ray Takeyh![<p>A person gestures during a nationwide youth-led protest against frequent power outages and water shortages, in Antananarivo, Madagascar on October 4, 2025. </p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Riot police officers detain demonstrators during anti-government protests dubbed “Saba Saba People’s March,” in the Rift Valley town of Nakuru, Kenya on July 7, 2025.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>A protester prepares to throw back a colored teargas canister lobbed by riot police officers during demonstrations to mark the first anniversary of the deadly 2024 anti-government protests in Nairobi, Kenya on June 25, 2025.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Supporters of Burkina Faso’s junta hold Burkinabè and Russian flags as they gather to protest against the arrival of an ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) delegation in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on October 4, 2022.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>A Kenyan activist holds a placard as protesters demonstrate against a wave of unexplained abductions of government critics, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya on December 30, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Protesters hold a banner with the face of Venancio Mondlane, independent candidate for the presidency of Mozambique during a “national shutdown” against the election outcome, in Maputo, Mozambique, on November 7, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin
