(The Center Square) – More than 500 Christians gathered outside Seattle City Hall Tuesday evening to protest what they say are the anti-faith policies of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and the Seattle City Council, just days after 23 people were arrested when counter-protesters interrupted a rally Saturday focused on protecting children from transgender ideologies.

Tens of thousands of people took part in a rally Wednesday in Istanbul to support the city's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu who has become the figurehead of an opposition campaign against the government.

Demonstrators across the United States gathered Thursday for May Day rallies against Donald Trump, protesting his administration's policies and attempts to push the limits of presidential power.

Thousands took part in May Day rallies in Serbia on Thursday where unions united for the first time behind student groups to increase pressure on the government over a train station disaster that has sparked six months of mass demonstrations.

All-black-clad protesters harassed marching lawmakers and supporters of France's moderate left Socialist Party (PS) on Thursday, marring Paris's Labour Day procession as hundreds of thousands rallied across the country.

Police arrested more than 400 people in Istanbul on Thursday, officials said, amidst a massive show of force to prevent May Day demonstrations in Turkey's biggest city.

Istanbul authorities on Wednesday closed metro trains, buses and Bosphorous ferries, paralysing Turkey's biggest city in a bid to prevent May Day demonstrations.   

British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil held its final demonstration in London on Saturday, ending three years of high-profile climate protest stunts as they moved their focus away from civil disobedience.

Thousands of protesters rallied Saturday in New York, Washington and other cities across the United States for a second major round of demonstrations against Donald Trump and his hard-line policies.