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Global protests

There are many forms of protest, many ways to express an objection to particular events, situations, policies, and even people. Protests can also take many forms - from individual statements to mass demonstrations - both peaceful and violent. In the last 30 days, there have been numerous protests across the globe in many countries. The following post is a collection of only some of those protests, but the images convey a gamut of emotions as citizens stand up for their political, economic, religious and lifestyle rights. -- Paula Nelson, boston.com

A man and his daughter skirt a protest in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens on Sept. 25. For Greeks, their summer of discontent may have changed seasons but the rallies and protests continue. The nation's economy is buffeted by staggering debts, with the government unable to meet its obligations without help from the European Union and International Monetary Fund. To receive that help, the government must reduce its generous benefits for workers and retirees. In this protest, police used tear gas to disperse about 3,000 protesters who...

were denouncing the austerity measures. (Kostas Tsironis/Associated Press) 

Activists place banners at the Bank of Greece headquarters facade during a global day of action "against the dictatorship of markets'' in Athens on Sept. 17. Eurozone nations decided to postpone until October a decision on whether to hand over the next piece of an emergency loan package to Greece, worth $11 billion. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images)

Police officers clash with demonstrators outside Thessaloniki's International Trade Fair during a protest against austerity measures on Sept. 10. Police fired dozens of tear-gas canisters during violent clashes in Greece's second-largest city. The debt-laden Greek government has vowed to stay the course of austerity, sending a message to its increasingly frustrated lenders it will do everything it takes to avoid a bankruptcy that could further roil world markets. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)

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