Rabat, Morocco — Protesters on Sunday were demanding that Morocco's ruler, King Mohammed VI, give up some of his powers, dismiss the government and clamp down on corruption.

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Rabat, Morocco — The mass rally, marchers said, was aimed at expanding democratic rights in a nation that has long been a hereditary monarchy and at times been as oppressive as its autocratic northern African neighbors.

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Rabat, Morocco — Demonstrators take to the streets of the capital. Protests also broke out in the business hub of Casablanca, the cities of Marrakech, Tangiers, Fez, Aghadir and smaller towns and villages, according to activists and photographs and video posted to social-media websites.

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Rabat, Morocco — The protests Sunday were led by the same type of youthful tech-savvy activists who sparked the toppling of longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

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Rabat, Morocco — Moroccan protesters chanted in Arabic: "The people reject a constitution made for slaves!" and "Down with autocracy!"

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Rabat, Morocco — A young demonstrator hoists the Moroccan flag. The leader of the Moroccan Human Rights Organization, Abdelilah Benabdeslam, said Sunday: "We no longer want to be subjects. We want to be citizens."

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Rabat, Morocco — Protesters clasp hands in solidarity.

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Rabat, Morocco — A boy carries his message to the top of a streetlight.

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Rabat, Morocco — A woman wearing a veil joins the protest, which was initiated by a group calling itself February 20th Youth.

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Rabat, Morocco — Onlookers watched from balconies and hoisted themselves up on lampposts.

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Rabat, Morocco — Protesters hold a banner calling for constitutional democracy.

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Rabat, Morocco — Moroccan women hold a banner with pictures of men they say are being held as political prisoners by the government.

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Rabat, Morocco — A woman pauses from hanging laundry to watch the demonstration.

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Rabat, Morocco — A group of men say afternoon prayers in a traffic median after participating in Sunday's peaceful protest.

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Rabat, Morocco — Bystanders come to the aid of a man who was knocked down in a scuffle with plainclothes police.

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Manama, Bahrain — Women gather together in their own section, largely separated from the men, as they join in the protest against the government.

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Manama, Bahrain — Protesters reassembled in Pearl Square after Crown Prince Salman ibn Hamed Khalifa ordered police to retreat on Saturday.

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Manama, Bahrain — Anti-government protesters take turns speaking to the crowd from a newly erected stage in Manama's Pearl Square on Sunday morning.

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Manama, Bahrain — Anti-government protesters gather on Sunday morning. At least six Bahrainis have died in the protests since Monday, and hundreds more have been wounded.

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Manama, Bahrain — An anti-government protester hangs a stuffed animal with a sign that reads "Down Hamad," referring to Bahrain's king, Sheik Hamed ibn Isa Khalifa.

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Manama, Bahrain — Several tents were erected overnight at the nexus of the protests in Manama as demonstrators prepared for an extended occupation of the area.

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Manama, Bahrain — Protesters, mainly from Bahrain's Shiite majority, have expressed resentment over the absolute rule by the island's small ruling Sunni family. The demonstrators said they were tired of state corruption, the heavy-handedness of the security forces and a lack of basic freedoms.

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Manama, Bahrain — Demonstrators chant together Sunday morning.

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Manama, Bahrain — Racing banners hang along a highway choked to a crawl by anti-government protesters. There were concerns about how the current unrest would affect the upcoming Formula One race.

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Manama, Bahrain — Protesters can get food, shelter and even a shave in the middle of the large traffic circle that is the Pearl roundabout.

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Manama, Bahrain — An anti-government protester sleeps on a piece of living room furniture at the protest site.

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Manama, Bahrain — Spent munitions collected by protesters were put on display.

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Manama, Bahrain — Men gather for evening prayers at a makeshift camp.

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Manama, Bahrain — Night falls at the protest site.

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