Picture gallery: Jakarta protests

As the Indonesian parliament voted to censure President Abdurrahman Wahid for alleged corruption thousands of supporters braved torrential rain to protest on the streets of the capital, Jakarta.

The move paves the way for an impeachment of Mr Wahid who appealed to his supporters not to resort to violence.

Some 5,000 supporters of President Wahid march along one of Jakarta's main avenues.

Many of them chant slogans shouting "Long Live Wahid".

Some have their heads shaved as a sacrificial tribute to their leader.

A supporter cries as he prays at a gathering in the national monument park in Jakarta.

Onlookers peer through barbed wire erected to protect the parliament where legislators debate the censure motion.

A parliamentarian is searched before he is allowed into the lower house for the debate.

Parliamentary Speaker Akbar Tandjung (left) confers with his deputy.

Legislators cheer after a statement of opinion read by a member of the opposition party recommends Mr Wahid's censure.

Riot police find an alternative use for their riot shields during the downpour.