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Anti-regime protests are taking place around the world following the death of Mahsa Amini, who died after being taken into custody by the Iranian moral police.
Participants hold up firecrackers in the Iranian national colors on Berlin's Bebel-Platz.
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A "freedom rally for Iran" is also taking place in Tokyo's Shibuya district.
The protesters commemorate the late Amini, who allegedly flouted Iran's strict dress code.
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Several European non-governmental organizations are calling on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate the mass killings and arrests of demonstrators in Iran - here at a rally on the Place des Nations in front of the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva.
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In Mexico City, too, young women are protesting for an end to religious rule in Iran.
According to human rights organizations, dozens of people have been killed in the suppression of the unrest.
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"Freedom for Iran" and a bald head as a protest: In New York, a woman has her hair shaved in public.
As a sign of protest, women in Iran cut their hair off.
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Artists deal with the death of Amini.
The German "collective without a name" is working on the completion of a large-scale mural on an empty building in Frankfurt.
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Sometimes there are also clashes between police and demonstrators during the protests.
This young woman in Paris experienced a tear gas attack by French riot police when a group of people tried to approach the Iranian embassy.
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There were similar conflicts in front of the Iranian embassy in Athens, Greece, where human rights organizations had also called for protests.
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Many demonstrators burn "modest" clothing or have their hair cut in public.
A group of women burn their headscarves in Kurdish-controlled Qamishli, northeastern Syria.
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In London, demonstrations were held at the famous Trafalgar Square, among other places.
The Iranian embassy was sprayed with red paint by demonstrators.
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»Help«: In Rome, too, women took to the streets to protest against the Iranian moral police.
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A protester in Geneva managed to enter the premises of the Iranian embassy, where he successfully lowered the country's flag.
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