AP PHOTOS: Emotions run high at pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations around the world
FILE - Demonstrators use the flashlights on their mobile phones as they protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza, in Barcelona, Spain on Nov. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
In the weeks since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7, people across the globe have taken to the streets en masse — some in support of Israel and some in support of Palestinians.
In Tel Aviv, Israel, friends and family of some 240 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza call for their return as they participate in a five-day “March for the Hostages” from Tel Aviv to the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.
In Manila, capital of the Philippines, activists scuffle with police while marching toward the United States Embassy in solidarity with the Palestinians. In Washington, D.C., a river of people fills the National Mall in support of Israel — a sea of Israeli and U.S. flags.
Emotions run high. Fear and fury, disbelief and despair flicker on the faces of the grieved.
FILE - Menachem Roetter of Detroit, left, walks behind an Israeli flag at the end of the March for Israel rally on Nov. 14, 2023, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is only deepening with the United Nations saying it lacks the resources for aid deliveries in the territory, Israelis still held hostage by Hamas, and no end in sight to the conflict on either side.
Demonstrators waving Palestinian flags dodge tear gas canisters fired by police officers in Nairobi, Kenya.
Friends of those killed during Hamas’ attack on the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel stage a vigil on a beach in Tel Aviv in memory of the victims.
Thousands of miles away, the U.S. Consulate in Auckland, New Zealand, is splashed with red paint during a protest against Israel’s response to the attacks by Hamas.
And thousands upon thousands call for a cease-fire.
FILE - A supporter of Pakistan Markazi Muslim League holds an air gun as they take part in a rally against the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza to show solidarity with Palestinian people, in Karachi, Pakistan on Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, file)
FILE - Medical staff and health professionals attend a demonstration in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in London on Nov. 9, 2023, calling for an immediate intervention in the case of the hostages kidnapped from Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File）
FILE - Lebanese students chant slogans during a protest, in front of the headquarters of U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut, Lebanon on Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
FILE - Families and friends of about 240 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza call for their return as they participate in a five-day “March for the Hostages” from Tel Aviv to the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, near the village of Beit Hashmonai, Israel on Nov. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
FILE - Demonstrators participate in a solidarity rally for Palestinians, in Milan, Italy on Nov. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
FILE - A woman holds an Israeli flag during a rally in solidarity with Israel and those held hostage by Hamas in Gaza in Bucharest, Romania on Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)
FILE - Two youngsters wave a Palestinian and a Turkish flags during a pro Palestinians protest in Istanbul, Turkey on Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
FILE - A banner with photographs of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas militants reading “Bring them back now”, is placed in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia in Duesseldorf, Germany on Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
FILE - Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march as they call for a cease fire in Gaza on Nov. 10, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
FILE - Friends of those killed during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel staged a vigil in memory of the victims at the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel on Nov. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
FILE - Pakistan’s seminary students and teachers chant slogans during a demonstration against the Israeli response in Gaza to Hamas’ attack, to show solidarity with Palestinian people, in Lahore, Pakistan on Nov. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)
FILE - People portraying as the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas bloody cross-border attack takes part in a vigil in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
FILE - A woman waves a Russian flag during a pro-Palestinian gathering in Belgrade, Serbia on Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
FILE - A large banner reading “Biden: Ceasefire Now” along with fake white body bags, representing those killed in the escalating conflict in Gaza and Israel, is displayed in front of the White House at dusk on Nov. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
FILE - People attend the March for Israel rally on Nov. 14, 2023, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
FILE - Activists scuffle with police as they tried to march towards the U.S. Embassy to show support with the Palestinian people on Nov. 14, 2023, in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
FILE - A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag as Kenyan police officers fire teargas canisters during a protest against Israel and in support of Palestinians, in Nairobi, Kenya Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
FILE - Children look at photographs of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas during a rally joined by hundreds in solidarity with Israel and those held hostage in Gaza, in Bucharest, Romania on Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
FILE - Police officers clash with pro-Palestinian demonstrators as they try to enter at a train station in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
FILE - Photographs of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas militants are projected on the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City on Nov. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
About 2,000 pairs of shoes symbolizing all the victims from Gaza, West Bank and Israel are placed before a rally in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. About 2,000 pairs of shoes are donated by people who stands in solidarity and placed by members of civic groups in downtown Seoul.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
FILE - Hundreds of people with their children light candles during a march against Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip, on the Mediterranean Sea corniche in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
FILE - A baby doll symbolizing the small children who were abducted by Hamas militants during the group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel is displayed at a vigil for the victims in central Tel Aviv, Israel on Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
FILE - A Palestinian living in Lebanon chants slogans against Britain as he takes part in a protest near the British embassy in Beirut, in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza on Nov. 14, 2023. The Arabic on the headband reads: "No God but Allah and Muhammed is his messenger." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
FILE - Demonstrators stage a sit-in demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war on Nov. 13, 2023, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
FILE - Mounted pro-Palestinian demonstrators lead the march down San Jacinto Boulevard and through downtown Austin, Texas, following the "All Out For Palestine" rally held at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Nov. 12, 2023. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman via AP. File)
FILE - Supporters for Palestinian people march during a rally to urge Israel to suspend attacks on the Gaza Strip, in Seoul, South Korea on Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
FILE - Mourners sit next to graffiti calling for the return of the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, outside the cemetery in Kfar Saba, Israel on Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
FILE - A boy plays with a ballon with a printed slogan that reads: “Palestine will be free” as Muslims worshippers pray at Sehzade mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
FILE - A man man touches a photograph of a victim during a rally in solidarity with Israel and those held hostage by Hamas in Gaza in Bucharest, Romania on Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)
FILE - Protesters wave flags during a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the Houses of Parliament in London on Nov. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
FILE - People hold Israeli flags at the end of Pope Francis’ Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
FILE - A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a protest in opposition to the Israel-Hamas war in conjunction with the APEC Summit taking place on Nov. 14, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
