Tens of thousands of people marched in cities around the world today demanding an immediate end to the war in Iraq.
"Bush, murderer," they chanted in Paris, while protesters in Helsinki, Finland roared: "George Bush, CIA, how many kids did you kill today?"
Demanding "Blair Out!", tens of thousands of anti-war protesters marched in central London. Organisers said at least 250,000 people had joined the demo by late afternoon although a police spokesman put numbers much lower at "upwards of 60,000".
The protest, which included marches before a rally in Hyde Park, was passing off peacefully, as it did when a million turned out for the UK's biggest ever peace march last month.
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Barcelona, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, who has strongly supported the US-led war. Thousands more demonstrated in Bilbao, Santander and Seville.
Some 150,000 Germans protested at rallies across the country, with 40,000 attending a rally in Berlin to denounce a decision by the government to allow US aircraft to use its airspace and bases.
In Frankfurt, meanwhile, about 30,000 Kurds marched to show their solidarity with their kin in northern Iraq and Turkey.
Swiss police used water cannon, rubber bullets and tear gas against a hooded group of demonstrators as at least 20,000 people gathered in the capital Bern to protest.
Dutch police arrested 14 people in otherwise peaceful protests against the war of up to 25,000 demonstrators.
A Sudanese student was killed in Khartoum as police fired to disperse anti-war demonstrators trying to reach the US embassy.