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Demonstrators in Tehran march with signs denouncing the US and Israel as they condemn the burning of the Quran. AFP
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Demonstrators gather outside the Swedish embassy in Tehran to protest against an insult to the Quran in Stockholm. Reuters
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A demonstrator holds up the Quran and a portrait of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a protest against Sweden in front of the Swedish embassy in Tehran. AP
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An egg is thrown by demonstrator at the Swedish embassy in Tehran during a protest against the desecration of the Quran in Sweden. AP
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In Tehran, Iranian students gather during a demonstration denouncing the burning of the Quran in Sweden. AFP
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An egg is thrown by demonstrator at the Swedish embassy in Tehran during a protest against the desecration of the Quran in Sweden. AP
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Iranian students outside the Swedish embassy in Tehran denounce the burning of the Quran in Sweden. AFP
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Protesters carrying Iraqi flags and images of Shiite cleric and political leader Moqtada Al Sadr gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square to protest against the burning of a Quran outside the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark. AP
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Protesters chant slogans against Sweden in front of the embassy in Tehran, Iran. The Farsi placard on the left reads: "Our red lines are the supreme leader and the Quran". AP
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A Lebanese man takes part in a demonstration in Beirut called by Hezbollah to condemn the desecration of the Quran in Sweden. Reuters
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People march in Beirut after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called for protests outside mosques following Friday prayers. EPA
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The scene in Beirut as thousands of people took to the streets in Muslim-majority countries to protest. EPA
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A woman holds the Quran in Kufa, Iraq, in protest after an activist desecrated a copy of the holy book for a second time in Sweden. AFP
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A demonstrator holds up a portrait of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr, in Kufa. AFP
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Shiite clerics attend a protest in Baghdad, after Iraq called for an Islamic summit to discuss the desecration of the Quran. EPA
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Protesters burn posters of the Swedish flag and rainbow Pride flags in Sadr City, Baghdad. AFP
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Iranian worshippers hold up the Quran in Tehran. The country's goverment condemned the desecration in Sweden. AP
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Demonstrators in the Iranian capital Tehran chanted: 'Down with the United States, Britain, Israel and Sweden'. Reuters
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Demonstrators in Tehran march with signs denouncing the US and Israel as they condemn the burning of the Quran. AFP
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Demonstrators gather outside the Swedish embassy in Tehran to protest against an insult to the Quran in Stockholm. Reuters
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A demonstrator holds up the Quran and a portrait of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a protest against Sweden in front of the Swedish embassy in Tehran. AP
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An egg is thrown by demonstrator at the Swedish embassy in Tehran during a protest against the desecration of the Quran in Sweden. AP
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In Tehran, Iranian students gather during a demonstration denouncing the burning of the Quran in Sweden. AFP
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An egg is thrown by demonstrator at the Swedish embassy in Tehran during a protest against the desecration of the Quran in Sweden. AP
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Iranian students outside the Swedish embassy in Tehran denounce the burning of the Quran in Sweden. AFP
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Protesters carrying Iraqi flags and images of Shiite cleric and political leader Moqtada Al Sadr gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square to protest against the burning of a Quran outside the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark. AP
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Protesters chant slogans against Sweden in front of the embassy in Tehran, Iran. The Farsi placard on the left reads: "Our red lines are the supreme leader and the Quran". AP
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A Lebanese man takes part in a demonstration in Beirut called by Hezbollah to condemn the desecration of the Quran in Sweden. Reuters
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People march in Beirut after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called for protests outside mosques following Friday prayers. EPA
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The scene in Beirut as thousands of people took to the streets in Muslim-majority countries to protest. EPA
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A woman holds the Quran in Kufa, Iraq, in protest after an activist desecrated a copy of the holy book for a second time in Sweden. AFP
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A demonstrator holds up a portrait of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr, in Kufa. AFP
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Shiite clerics attend a protest in Baghdad, after Iraq called for an Islamic summit to discuss the desecration of the Quran. EPA
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Protesters burn posters of the Swedish flag and rainbow Pride flags in Sadr City, Baghdad. AFP
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Iranian worshippers hold up the Quran in Tehran. The country's goverment condemned the desecration in Sweden. AP
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Demonstrators in the Iranian capital Tehran chanted: 'Down with the United States, Britain, Israel and Sweden'. Reuters
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Demonstrators in Tehran march with signs denouncing the US and Israel as they condemn the burning of the Quran. AFP
Iraq calls for Islamic summit after Quran desecration in Sweden
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