In pictures: Anti-war protests

Across the world thousands of people have taken to the streets to demonstrate their opposition to a war against Iraq. The global day of action attracted a wide range of participants, as these pictures show.

In Tokyo women displayed pictures of alleged victims of the 1991 Gulf War

Protesters in Lahore condemned Pakistan's close ties with the US

Tens of thousands of Syrians thronged the streets of Damascus

A demonstrator in Beirut burns an image of President Bush

Protesters in Paris urged France to use its UN veto to oppose a war

An effigy of President Bush featured at a UK peace rally

Naked protest: The California peace movement Baring Witness