From Australia to Italy, protesters marched and shouted against war in Iraq. Some hung a peace banner on Rome's Colosseum, and in Bangladesh, disabled demonstrators waved pictures of wounded Iraqi children.
One of the biggest protests Sunday was organized by the Islamic right in Pakistan, the US ally.
More than 100,000 people marched through Lahore, Pakistan, some carrying portraits of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Some, including small children, chanted anti-American slogans, but the protest ended peacefully.
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In Sydney, Australia, between 30,000 and 50,000 protesters called for an end to the invasion of Iraq and pleaded for their country's 2,000 troops in the area to be brought home.
Demonstrators condemned Prime Minister John Howard for his staunch support of the American-led offensive.
Protests were more scattered than on Saturday, when dozens of coordinated demonstrations around Europe and America each drew tens of thousands of people.
In mostly Muslim Bangladesh, a group of disabled people -- some in wheelchairs or leaning on crutches -- rallied peacefully against the war in front of the parliament building in the capital, Dhaka.
Demonstrators carried photographs of Iraqi children with bandaged limbs and shouted "War maims!"
In the US, demonstrators rallied in several cities, both for and against the war. In New York's Times Square, about 600 people waved American flags and chanted "U-S-A! U-S-A!" to show support for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Near Richmond, Virginia, police said more than 5,000 people rallied to show their support for the war
In Los Angeles, anti-war protesters demonstrated near the Kodak Theatre where the Oscars were being handed out. There were scattered clashes with police and a few arrests.
Thousands protested at two US military bases in Italy. Activists draped a long black banner across Rome's Colosseum in a gesture of mourning for the victims of war, and a large sign with the words "Against the War, Rome for Peace" was raised at the start of the city's marathon.
In Japan, up to 2,000 rallied peacefully in several cities, including Hiroshima, where demonstrators gathered in front of a memorial for those killed when America dropped an atomic bomb at the end of World War II.
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