In pictures: Argentine torch relay

The Olympic torch has been paraded through the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the latest leg of its troubled world tour.

Chinese residents of the city turned out to celebrate their country's forthcoming hosting of the Beijing Olympics.

But, as in London, Paris and San Francisco, the Olympic flame also drew dozens of protesters onto the streets, calling for a "Free Tibet" and condemning human rights abuses in China.

Supporters of the Falun Gong spiritual movement, which is banned in China, carried their own "human rights torch" demanding an end to what they said was persecution.

Supporters of the Beijing Olympics were determined to make their own views heard amid the wide coverage of the protests, in some cases obscuring rival banners with their own.

Meanwhile the torch continued on its course, being carried down the River Plate canal by the Argentine rower Santiago Fernandez.

And many observers were determined just to enjoy the day, waving their Chinese flags in front of the Argentine capital's iconic obelisk.

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