The World Cup has been filled with expected controversy and protests due to Qatar’s history of human rights violations. Here are a few ways in which fans and teams are taking stands in their own way at Qatar’s World Cup.

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, is blaming the United States for the protests following the death of Mahsa Amini.

A woman was arrested in Iran for not complying with the country’s strict dress code after a picture of her eating breakfast in a restaurant without a hijab went viral on social media.

Protests occured in Indonesia on Tuesday after President Joko Widodo announced the massive cut of energy subsidies and a fuel price hike, an unpopular move that has caused anger in the people.

Protests and demonstrations erupt in Bangladesh after the government announced a fuel price hike of over 50% on Friday, as the country battles high fuel import prices and inflation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin may be removed from power by 2024 should protests continue in Moscow and other major Russian cities.

As protests erupt in a small Ohio town due to the killing of an unarmed black man, the government released body-cam footage on Sunday that shows his brutal death in the hands of police officers.

As protests erupt across the country due to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Pride parades and queer people have become vocal in their opposition to the Supreme Court's ruling on Friday.

A Washington woman who set five police patrol cars on fire during the anti-police brutality protests in Seattle in 2020 has been sentenced to five years behind bars on Tuesday, March. 1. 

Several world leaders such as Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry, Iran’s top security official have expressed condemnation on the foiled assassination bid. 

Michael Michanowicz has pleaded guilty to planting improvised bombs in downtown Pittsburgh during the George Floyd protests in the summer of 2020.

Tyvarh Nicholson, arrested in relation to the George Floyd protests in Erie, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to throwing Molotov cocktails at police officers during a protest.

Meanwhile, three other officers apart from Derek Chauvin involved in the death of George Floyd -- Thomas Lane, J. Kueng, and Tou Thao, also face trial.

“The doctor actually died of a heart attack, because he had a really stressful job and he actually lost people who were close to him,” said spokeswoman Galina Nazarova to the media outlet, Life.ru.

It is also alleged that the ban came forth after the website reportedly carried a few compromising royal images.

“Violence – in any form – is unacceptable. We will be reviewing this incident, and bring any additional perpetrators to justice,” they tweeted, on a post of the chain," tweeted the NYPD cops.

“ I think there are anarchists and far-left groups involved in the violence in Portland. I think Antifa is involved in Portland,” said Barr to the Congress

The slogan “No Justice. No Peace” reverberated across the streets. The vibe of the protests mirrored the volatile protests that ensued soon after the deaths of Black individuals like George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor and several others did the rounds.

The vandalism of the Ashe statue comes as a subsequent response to the aggressiveness displayed by angry demonstrators who toppled, vandalized multiple Confederate statues during protests after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis Police Custody on May 25.  

A volley of experts claimed that the order focussed on police training rather than community safety.

A ghastly video surfaced on social media, early this week, giving viewers a peek of protestors in Bristol tearing down the statue of the historic slave trader, followed by the act of dragging it through the streets before dumping it into the harbor’s waves.

“We cannot use Bibles as a prop. For those that have agendas that are not about justice, this family will not let you use George as a prop. Let us stand for what is right,” Sharpton added.

Outraged by Cuomo’s insensitivity; Monahan maintained that his police staff was “dealing with stuff that no cop should ever have to deal with, bricks, bottles, and rocks.”

The outburst has resulted in further losses—damages by vandalism, looting, and the like— for about 170 businesses as reported by St Paul’s Police.

The news of Moro being ousted from power angered Bolsonaro’s voters, who were already irked by the Presidents muddled approach and ineptitude in tackling the pandemic.

Women protestors allege that the leader perceives femicides as a political and public relations problem rather than an alarming crisis that can claim the lives of millions of women in the country.

Despite none of the attacks being claimed as yet, Washington attributes the attacks to Iran-backed military factions in Iraq.

The protest saw a broad spectrum of over 20,000 people from different walks of life— army veterans, stay-at-home moms, attorneys, democrats, republicans—who converged to condemn a move, which they believe would place the constitution be under attack.

The purpose of the sanctions is to suppress Iran's growing oil trade and force it to accept stricter limits on its nuclear program. 

Brazil's right-wing got louder over the weekend, but little has changed since October elections.