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A Bahraini protestor waves his national flag during clashes with riot police following a demonstration against the arrest of the head of the banned Shiite opposition movement Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman on December 30, 2014 in Bilad al-Qadeem, a suburb of Manama. Bahrain opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman was remanded in custody on December 23 on charges including seeking regime change, prompting his group to decry “tyrannical rule” in the Gulf kingdom. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images)