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Gallery: Niger: Churches Burned Over Cartoon
A ransacked church in Zinder, Niger, that was set on fire on 16 January, 2015, after thousands of protesters gathered following Friday prayers to vent anger at publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo
Four people, a policeman and three civilians, were killed and 45 injured on Friday. Continue through for more images
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Forty-five churches have been torched in Niger over the use of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon on the cover of Charlie Hebdo magazine.
At least five people died and 128 were injured in the capital Niamey during protests against the image on the front of the satirical publication.
The controversial magazine ran a caricature showing the prophet under the headline "All is forgiven" just days after an Islamist attack on its offices in Paris that left 12 people dead.
The physical depiction of Mohammed is considered blasphemous by many Muslims.
Several hundred thousand people also protested in the Chechen capital Grozny at a state-organised rally.
The region's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov told the rally in the capital Grozny: "This is a protest against those who support the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.
"This is a protest against those who insult the Muslim religion."
Demonstrators chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) and released balloons into the sky at the event which was described by observers as highly-choreographed.
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Gallery: Massive Crowds Protest In Chechnya
People attend a rally to protest against satirical cartoons of prophet Mohammad, near the Heart of Chechnya mosque in Grozny
Hundreds of thousands of people staged the rally on Monday in Chechnya against French magazine Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the prophet
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A member of law enforcement forces stands guard during the rally. Continue through for more images
Those who spoke to the crowd harangued Western governments for allowing publications to print caricatures of the prophet.
Russian TV showed live footage of people streaming into Grozny's main square shortly before the speech by Mr Kadyrov - a loyalist of President Vladimir Putin.
It came just over a week after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the march for unity in Paris following the end of the city's sieges.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people in Afghanistan demonstrated against the magazine's actions by burning a French flag and calling for the government to cut diplomatic relations with France.
It came as German group PEGIDA, protesting what it calls "the Islamisation of the West", vowed it would not be silenced after its weekly rally was cancelled following an alleged terrorist threat against one of its organisers.
At total of 17 people were killed in and around Paris over three days after the attack on the magazine office on January 5.
The attacks by brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi and Amedy Coulibaly shocked the country and sparked an outpouring of international support, with many newspapers and magazines around the world reprinting earlier Charlie Hebdo cartoons.
But the decision by the magazine to place a new cartoon on its front has resulted in outrage across the Muslim world.
Earlier protests left 10 dead in Niger and violent clashes also occurred between demonstrators and police in Pakistan, Jordan and Algeria.
