Photos of the Day: Anchored Boats and Syrian Demonstrators

Yerevan, Armenia

Opposition supporters rally in the Armenian capital against former president Serzh Sarkisian as he moves to maintain a chokehold on power as prime minister
Photograph: Karen Minasyan/AFP/Getty Images

Shanghai, China

Visitors take a picture in front of a billboard at an aviation conference at Hongqiao international airport
Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Istanbul, Turkey

Protesters in Taksim Square shout ‘We want democracy, not state of emergency’ during a demonstration called by Turkey’s Republican People’s party to protest against the extension of the state of emergency, on the first anniversary of the national referendum to change the constitution which expanded the Turkish president’s powers.
Photograph: Yasin Akgul/AFP/Getty Images