Photos of Lebanon's 'Day of Rage'
The choice of Hezbollah-backed candidate Najib Mikatiset as prime minister-designate set off a "day of rage" by Sunnis who burned tires and a van belonging to Al-Jazeera to protest the Shiite militant group's rising power. To read the story, click on the link underneath this gallery.
Demonstrators carry flags during a protest at a square in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags, burned tires and torched a van belonging to Al-Jazeera on Tuesday during a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, which now has enough support in parliament to control Lebanon's next government.Ahmad Omar
A Lebanese woman walks past an army tank near burning garbage set ablaze by supporters of the Future Movement in support of the caretaker prime minister Saad Hariri on Jan. 25, 2011, in the capital Beirut, as hundreds of people converged on the northern city of Tripoli to take part in a 'day of rage' over the likely appointment as prime minister of Hezbollah-backed tycoon Najib Mikati.EZZAT ATTAR
Lebanese soldiers stand guard in front of burnt tires in Sidon, southern Lebanon.ALI HASHISHO
Supporters of the Future Movement rip a poster of Lebanese MP Najib Mikati during a demonstration in Tripoli.JOSEPH EID
Angry protesters destroy a van belonging to Al-Jazeera in Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011.STR
Angry protesters burn a van belonging to Al-Jazeera in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Jan. 25, 2011.STR
Supporters of the Future Movement burn a vehicle belonging to the Arabic language al-Jazeera satellite television station during a demonstration in the coastal city of Tripoli north of Beirut on Jan. 25, 2011.JOSEPH EID
A van belonging to Al-Jazeera burns after protesters set it ablaze in the northern in Tripoli, Jan. 25, 2011.Ahmad Omar
Angry Sunni protesters burn garbage containers in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011.Grace Kassab
Angry Sunni protesters burn a poster of former premier Najib Mikati in Tripoli, Jan. 25, 2011.Ahmad Omar
Lebanese soldiers disperses burning articles set alight by supporters of the Future Movement in a neighborhood in the capital Beirut.-/AFP / Getty Images
Lebanese soldiers patrol a road after it was blocked by Sunni Muslim supporters of Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in Beirut Jan. 25, 2011.STR