Gallery: Support grows for Burmese protesters

Police with rifles and batons close in on protesters Photograph: Gabriel Mistral/EPA

Protesters, some carrying pictures of the late Burmese nationalist leader, General Aung San, march through the streets Photograph: Moemaka Media/EPA

A man gestures to troops after a crowd of thousands was fired upon Photograph: STR/Reuters

Buddhist monks and Burmese civilians march through Rangoon Photograph: Mizzima/AP

Police and military forces in the streets of Rangoon Photograph: Gabriel Mistral/EPA

Protesters run for safety as police and military officials fire their guns Photograph: Gabriel Mistral/EPA

Blood seen in a street in Rangoon as soldiers and police crack down on the protests Photograph: Mandalay Gazette/EPA

Two Buddhist monks chant prayers in front of onlookers near the Sule pagoda Photograph: Aung Hla Tun/Reuters

Novice monks are seen taking refuge at a monastery in Rangoon Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

An activist stands behind barbed wire at the Burmese embassy in Bangkok, as part of a show of support for the monks Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA

A protester shouts after setting fire to posters of the Burmese junta leader, Than Shwe, in Bangkok Photograph: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty

Activists shout slogans during a protest outside the Burmese embassy in Bangkok Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA

Protesters pray while kneeling outside the Burmese embassy in Seoul Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty

Young children hold 'Free Burma' signs and newspaper articles during a peaceful protest in Sydney Photograph: Rob Griffith/AP

Armed Burmese security forces pound the streets of downtown Rangoon Photograph: AFP

Protesters hold a poster during a rally at the Burmese embassy in Bangkok Photograph: Arthur Jones Dionio/Reuters

An activist wears a print of the detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, during a protest outside the Burmese embassy in Bangkok Photograph: Chumsak Kanoknan/Getty

Protesters link hands during a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur. More than 2,000 Burmese immigrants rallied peacefully outside their embassy in Malaysia Photograph: Lai Seng Sin/AP

Ignoring a crackdown that has already claimed more than a dozen lives and led to hundreds of arrests, the people of Rangoon return to the streets for an 11th day of protests Photograph: Myo Chit/EPA