Photos: Demonstrations across the globe

An Algerian medical worker holds up a sign reading in French, “Where is our dignity, Mr. President? Do we have to look for it elsewhere?” About 500 medical workers held the protest in front of the Health Ministry in Algiers to demand better terms of employment.  (Fayez Nureldine / AFP/Getty Images)

Members of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, or FSLN for its initials in Spanish, and supporters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega protest outside the National Assembly in Managua against the attempt of the opposition to give amnesty to former officials accused of corruption in previous governments.  (Elmer Martinez / AFP/Getty Images)

A protester is arrested by riot police during a demonstration in central Rome calling for better housing conditions. About 200 people took part in the demonstration, which left at least one protester injured.  (Filippo Monteforte / AFP/Getty Images)

A Lebanese police officer, left rear, stands guard as protesters hold hands to block the entrance of a Starbucks in Beirut. Demonstrators shouted anti-Israel slogans, causing some customers to flee. The protesters said they targeted the store because they say Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Howard Schultz donates money to the Israeli military. On its website, the company says, “Rumors that Starbucks Coffee Company and its management support Israel are unequivocally false.... Starbucks is a nonpolitical organization and does not support political causes.”  (Grace Kassab / Associated Press)

People shout slogans during a protest in Sofia against genetically-modified foods. Several hundred people gathered in the capital to protest against a draft law to allow genetically-modified foods in the Balkan country.  (Petar Petrov / Associated Press)

Riot police arrest a man at an unauthorized anti-Kremlin protest in St. Petersburg. Riot police arrested dozens of protesters and quickly broke up the rally to mark the 31st Article of the Russian Constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly. Similar protests were held in Moscow and Yekaterinburg.  (Dmitry Lovetsky / Associated Press)

Members of the Dalit community, formerly known as untouchables and considered the lowest rung of the Hindu caste system, participate in a rally in front of the Constitutional Council in Katmandu. About 300 Dalits participated in the march, demanding that political parties include anti-discrimination laws in a new constitution that is being drafted as a part of the peace accord signed in 2006.  (Gemunu Amarasinghe / Associated Press)

An Indian police officer, left, prepares to fire tear a gas shell as Indian paramilitary soldiers run for cover from shells thrown back at them by Kashmiri Muslim protesters in Srinagar. Protesters threw rocks as they clashed with government forces in the Indian-controlled section of Kashmir, a day after police fired a tear gas shell that struck and killed a boy.  (Yasin Dar / Associated Press)

Elderly Filipinos attend a protest calling for improved benefits for senior citizens near the Presidential Palace in Manila. Longer lifespans, falling fertility rates and growing ranks of elderly people in Asia could pose problems as serious as the impact of climate change, a leading expert warned Monday. Yves Guerard, secretary general of the International Actuarial Assn., said at an industry conference in Singapore that the aging issue was a “big, immediate, urgent problem” for the region.  (Jay Directo / AFP/Getty Images)

Turkish Cypriots chant slogans to protest United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s visit to Nicosia. Ban held talks in Cyprus in a mission aimed at reviving talks on reunifying the eastern Mediterranean island after decades of division. Hundreds of Turkish Cypriot demonstrators urged Ban to press for a solution as he entered Turkish-held northern Nicosia through a pedestrian crossing in the world’s last divided capital.  (Birol Bebek / AFP/Getty Images)

A woman argues with riot police during a protest in Venezuela’s capital. Police fired tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse university students protesting after President Hugo Chavez’s government forced a critical cable-television channel off the air.  (Leonardo Ramirez / Associated Press)

A woman wearing a mask of President-elect Porfirio Lobo takes part in a protest against the first session of the National Congress. Lobo announced an agreement with the Dominican government to give deposed former president Manuel Zelaya safe passage to the Dominican Republic after Lobo takes office Jan. 27. Zelaya has been holed up in the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa for months.  (Esteban Felix / Associated Press)

Indonesian activists wear masks of, from left, Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Vice President Boediono and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a protest marking the 100th day of Yudhoyono’s second term. The president’s popularity has been tested by scandals surrounding Indonesia’s anti-graft commission and a government bailout of a bank that critics say benefited his re-election campaign.  (Tatan Syuflana / Associated Press)

Villagers protest against the construction of a garbage incinerator in Guangzhou, in south China’s Guangdong province. Residents have complained that several local people have already become sick from pollution from another trash-burning facility in the area.  (William Foreman / Associated Press)

A man blows a shell as young people pray during the World Social Forum, a yearly gathering to protest against bankers and other leaders who attend the annual World Economic Forum in Switzerland.  (Silvia Izquierdo / Associated Press)