While there have also been largely peaceful protests, authorities from Africa to the Middle East are seeing clashes in the streetsand seeking ways to tamp down the uproar among Muslims furious over depictions of the Prophet Mohammed.
Niger: 10 dead, churches destroyed
The deadliest violence has been in Niger, where authorities report 10 people killed. Churches and homes have been destroyed, the government said in a statement.
AFP, the France-based news wire service, said police reported that 173 people have been injured; at least 45 churches have been “set ablaze in the capital (Niamey) alone,” and a “Christian school and orphanage were also set alight.” Numerous sites were pillaged before being burned.
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Flags torched
In Senegal and Mauritania, protesters torched French flags, the French news agency France24 reported.
There were similar scenes in Iran, where protesters burned U.S. and Israeli flags.
CNN’s Sophia Saifi contributed to this report.
