Chile's Presidential Palace burns at the height of bombardment during the coup d'etat by the nation's armed forces September 11.
This video frame grab image obtained by AFP from ORTN - Télé Sahel on July 28, 2023 shows General Abdourahamane Tiani, Niger's new strongman,...
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-Troops manning medium tanks guarded the War Ministry throughout the night as rumblings began against the leftist-leaning...
Portrait of the Shah is carried triumphantly atop an Iranian Army tank patrolling the streets of Teheran after the coup that overthrew the regime of...
Teheran, Iran- Members of the Tudeh Party in Iran carry placards which denounce the United States and Great Britain during a powerful demonstration...
Protesters hold a Niger flag during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey on August 3, 2023. Hundreds of people backing the coup in Niger...
Supporters wave Nigerien's flags as they rally in support of Niger's junta in front of the National Assembly in Niamey on July 30, 2023. Niger's...
Tehran, Iran- Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, of Iran, is being saluted by an honor guard upon his arrival at Teheran Airport. The Shah, who flew back...
Nigerien policeman stands as Nigerien cadets paradeas supporters rally in support of Niger's junta in Niamey on July 30, 2023. Thousands of people...
Tehran, Iran- A huge portrait of the Shah of Iran is carried through the streets of Tehran by followers of the 33-year-old monarch, as he makes his...
Tehran, Iran- This was the scene before the Royal Palace in Tehran last March, when Red demonstrators and pro-Mossabegh supporters gathered to...
Rome: Demonstrators protesting the Army coup in Chile march past the Colosseum, September 12, carrying a large portrait of the late Chilean President...
Santiago, Chile- Military junta President General Augusto Pinochet delivers a radio speech, on the one-month anniversary of the military coup that...
Paramilitaries in the streets of Munich as the swastika flag is hoisted on the city hall during the Beer Hall Putsch, the Nazi Party's failed coup...
Protesters cheer Nigerien troops as they gather in front of the French Embassy in Niamey during a demonstration that followed a rally in support of...
Guatemalan President Jacobo was forced to resign after a CIA-backed coup overthrew his reformist government. Left to right: Dona Maria Villanova de...
Admiral Toribio Merino, General Augusto Pinochet, and Air Force General Leigh salute while walking to join the Te Deum on September 18, Independence...
King Juan Carlos of Spain on TV sending out a message to condemn the coup attempt against him in Madrid, Spain on February 23th, 1981.
Here is a section of the crowd that gathered to listen to Czech communist Premier Klement Gottwald fire the opening gun of his campaign to lower the...
Santiago, Chile: Member of Presidential Guard uses a heavy machine gun on forces attacking the Palace from first floor balcony during Tuesday's coup...
Soldier in the Chilean Army stands guard over political prisoners held at the National Stadium in Santiago. On September 11 the Chilean Army...
Colonel Antonio Tejero brandishing a gun as he attempts to take over Spanish parliament in a coup with the Guardia Civil, February 1981.
The Congolese Republican Guard and police block a road around the scene of an attempted Coup in Kinshasa on May 19, 2024. The DR Congo military on...
Protesters cheer Nigerien troops as they gather in front of the French Embassy in Niamey during a demonstration that followed a rally in support of...
General view of billowing smoke as supporters of the Nigerien defence and security forces attack the headquarters of the Nigerien Party for Democracy...
Following the overthrow of Premier Mossadegh, crowds favoring the return of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, demonstrated their support by hoisting up his...
Women wave handkerchiefs as symbol of their opposition to the government of Chile's President Salvador Allende during a demonstration in Santiago in...
General Abdourahamane Tiani , the head of the military regime in Niger, greets the thousands of people who gathered at the largest stadium in Niamey...
Supporters of Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland wave Russian flags as they demonstrate in Niamey on August 6, 2023....
While thousands of people crowd the plaza in front of the National Palace in Guatemala City, a low flying plane drops leaflets welcoming the new...
The indolent atmosphere of the coastal city of Puerto Barrios was smashed on June 18th, 1954 when uprising anti-communist exiles bombed the town and...
Weapons taken from home of guatemalan presidential candidate Roberto Alejos, during recent coup d'etat.
Nigerien soldiers stand guard as supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland protest outside the Niger and French airbase in...
Residents applaud members of the security forces in the Plein Ciel district Libreville on August 30, 2023 after a group of Gabonese military officers...
Residents applaud members of the security forces in the Plein Ciel district Libreville on August 30, 2023 after a group of Gabonese military officers...
Supporter of Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland holds a placard during a demonstration outside at the Stade General Seyni...
Protesters gesture during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey on August 3, 2023. Security concerns built on August 3, 2023 ahead of planned...
Protesters cheer Nigerien troops as they gather in front of the French Embassy in Niamey during a demonstration that followed a rally in support of...
Capitaine Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's new president, attends the ceremony for the 35th anniversary of Thomas Sankaras assassination, in...
La Paz, Bolivia-A military junta which staged a successful revolution in Bolivia last week put top-ranking army men in key positions in the...
Rome, Italy- Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi is flanked by reporters, as he reads a telegram urging him to return to Tehran. After five days in exile in...
Prague, Czechoslovakia- Cheering Czechs gather in Wenceslaus Square to hear Klement Gottwald announce the formation of a new government on Feb. 25...
Prague, Czechoslovakia- A sober-looking crowd gathers in Wenceslaus Square, Prague, on Feb. 25 to hear Klement Gottwald announce formation of a new...
Santiago, Chile - Student hoses down wall 9/17 at the University of Chile to clean off political slogans left over from the days of bitter political...
Prague, Czechoslovakia-Premier Klement Gottwald of Czechoslovakia, who engineered the coup which left his Communist party unopposed in the ministries...
General Augusto Pinochet, head of Chile's ruling military junta, holds a news conference at Santiago's War College on September 21, 1973. Pinochet...
Santiago, Chile- An armed guard watches prisoners of the Chilean Army in the stands of Santiago's National Stadium. The army is using the stadium as...
Santiago, Chile: The outlook is not so pleasant for some of the people detained in Santiago's National Stadium. Normally used for sports events, the...
Troops seal off a main road in the Turkish capital Ankara after the military coup led by General Kenan Evren.
Members of the Myanmar's military security force patrol a street during a "silent strike" to protest and to mark the third anniversary of the...
Supporters of Niger's National Concil for Safeguard of the Homeland hold a Nigerian flag as they attend the army support concert in front of the...
Supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland display a French national flag with a x-mark on during a protest outside Niger...
Nigerien soldiers stand guard as supporters of Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland gather for a demonstration in Niamey on...
Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane , General Mohamed Toumba and Colonel Ousmane Abarchi are...
Protester wearing a t-shirt in support of the Niger, Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso junta leaders gesture during a demonstration on independence day...
Demonstrators gathering in Ouagadougou to show support on January 25, 2022 to the military hold a picture of Colonel Aissimi Goita , the Malian...
Protesters gather as a man holds up a sign demanding that soldiers from the United States Army leave Niger without negotiation during a demonstration...
General view of torn campaign posters of ousted Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba and his political party the Gabonese Democratic Party in Libreville...
Residents holding Gabon national flags celebrate in Libreville on August 30, 2023 after a group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television...
Supporter of Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland demonstrates in Niamey on August 10, 2023. West African leaders on Thursday...
Woman walks across a road in Niamey on August 8, 2023. Despite the restrictions on freedoms, the coup in Niger is welcomed by many inhabitants of the...
Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane is greeted by supporters upon his arrival at the Stade...
Supporter of Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland wears a hat with a Russian and a Niger flag as he demonstrates in Niamey on...
Supporter of Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland whose body is painted with the colours of the Niger flag demonstrates in...
Protesters hold a sign taken from the French Embassy in Niamey during a demonstration that followed a rally in support of Niger's junta in Niamey on...
Supporter holds a picture of Niger General Abdourahamane Tiani, the chief of the powerful presidential guard, as with others rally in support of...
Supporters of the Nigerien defence and security forces gather during a demonstration outside the national assembly in Niamey on July 27, 2023. The...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to office two days after he was ousted from the Palace of Miraflores and arrested by the military in...
Buenos Aires, Argentina-This building in Buenos Aires' Alianza Libertadora Nacionalista was banged up by army tanks and cannon during the revolt...
Shah Reads Report of Coup. Rome, Italy: Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran reads the reports of the Iranian coup which resulted in the arrest of...
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran Arrives in Rome, Italy: The Shah of Iran and his wife, the Empress Soraya, arrive at Rome airport from Bagdad...
Anti-Pinochet government demonstrators, raising clenched fists, on traditional day of presidential voting before September 1973 coup.
Military truck of the Nigerien security forces, part of an escort to a French Army military convoy crosses the Lazaret district in Niamey on October...
Supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland gather oustide Niger and French airbase in Niamey on September 3, 2023 to demand...
Officers of the Niger National Police and Nigerien soldiers stand guard as supporters of the Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the...
Supporters wave Russian flags and a placard with an anti France slogan as they rally in support of Niger's junta in Niamey on July 30, 2023. Niger's...
Supporters of the Nigerien defence and security forces gather during a demonstration outside the national assembly in Niamey on July 27, 2023. The...
