PHOTOS: Belarus’ Massive And Unprecedented Protests

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Top: Protesters at the Great Patriotic War Museum in Minsk on Monday. Daily demonstrations have taken place in the capital and beyond after President Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in the Aug. 9 election. Left: An opposition supporter with a drawing of Belarus’ former white-red-white flag in Minsk on Monday. Right: Opposition supporters at Independence Square in Minsk on Wednesday.

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Opposition supporters protest against disputed presidential elections results at Independence Square in Minsk on Tuesday.

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Protesters gathered at Independence Square in Minsk on Thursday. They have come out in unprecedented numbers since the Aug. 9 election that returned Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to power amid accusations of vote-rigging.

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Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Lukashenko’s main challenger, greets supporters in Brest, Belarus, on Aug. 2. She fled to Lithuania under pressure from authorities last week. «People of Belarus have woken up and they do not want to live in fear and lies anymore, she told reporters in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Friday.

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President Alexander Lukashenko met with workers on Monday at the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant, where he was heckled and met with shouts of «Leave! «There will be no new election until you kill me, he said.

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Employees of the Minsk Energy Company protest on Aug. 17. Thousands of factory workers went on strike earlier this week but have since come under pressure and threats of job loss.

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Women dressed in white protest against police violence in Minsk on Aug. 12.

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Scenes from protests in Minsk on Aug. 9, after polls closed.

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Riot police loom over a demonstrator during a protest after polls closed in Belarus’ presidential election, in Minsk on Aug. 9. Human rights groups have alleged that Belarusian authorities used torture against peaceful protesters.

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Belarus opposition supporters lay flowers near the Pushkinskaya metro station where Alexander Taraikovsky, a 34-year-old protester, died on Aug. 10, during a protest in Minsk.

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Protests in support of Belarus’ opposition have taken place in other European countries. Left: People form a heart as they take part in a demonstration in support of Belarus protests on Aug. 16, in Prague, Czech Republic. Right: A protester participates in a «die-in at a demonstration against the results of Belarus’ presidential election on Aug. 15 in Berlin.

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A protest at Minsk’s Independence Square on Aug. 18.

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A protest at Minsk’s Independence Square on Aug. 18.

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