Protests continue in the Arab world (Photos)
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Melissa Bell
A trash bin burns on a street during clashes between anti-government protesters and police near Azadi Square in Tehran. (YourView/Reuters)
As labor strikes continue in Egypt, the rest of the Arab world continues its steady simmer. Iran clamped down on crowds of demonstrators protesting the government. The Palestinian cabinet resigned Monday after an attempted reshuffle of the government did little to quell unrest. Yemen saw its fourth day of protests.
Bahraini youths demonstrate in front of police. Small-scale clashes erupted in two Bahraini villages as security forces tightened their grip on Shiite communities for Monday's "Day of Rage" protests, inspired by upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia. (Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)
An unidentified woman waves a Bahraini flag in Duraz, Bahrain. (Hasan Jamali/AP)
Yemeni police block the way of anti-government demonstrators in Sanaa. More than 1,000 people protested in Yemen for a fourth straight day Monday, demanding political reforms and the ouster of the U.S.-allied president in demonstrations inspired by the upheaval in Egypt. (Hani Mohammed/AP)
Tunisians hold banners at a rally as the country celebrated a month of freedom. (Hichem/AFP/Getty Images)
A man with two children on his motorcycle looks at the burned building of Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party in Cairo. Egypt's military rulers called for an end to strikes and protests Monday as thousands of state employees, including police, demonstrated to demand better pay. (Hussein Malla/AP)
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Melissa Bell
| February 14, 2011; 5:50 PM ET
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