![The LGBT community protested against the extreme discourse targeted towards them, asking the population to boycott the referendum. [Alexandra Radu/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/f516d2915e68417c893e8c443a5fae12_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Just over 20 percent of Romanians turned up at referendum aimed at changing the definition of marriage.
!["We are working abroad and spending our money here, they are stealing here and spending abroad," said protester Nicolae Nicolae. [Alexandra Radu/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/70cc0ae891c24bcea8b36ccd870fca27_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Security forces fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse large crowds after several violent outbursts.
![People gather to protest against corruption in Bucharest, on the day of the dismissal of Laura Codruta Kovesi, the head of the anti-corruption agency, DNA. [Alexandra Radu/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1041f580b0df4a78871224b17ca706b7_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Romanians grow tired after one and a half years of protesting against corruption with no concrete results.
![The two teams, RFC and RFM, line up for the friendly football match which took place in Kuala Lumpur. [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/271f7c8250594d97a9c50c2128d31077_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Malaysia has been accepting Rohingya refugees but they are not given legal documentation and remain stateless.
![Manpreet carries a decorated wooden club as a self penitence act during his Thaipusam pilgrimage. His fourth time at Thaipusam, he came from Singapore to join the festival with family and friends seeking good health and prosperity. [Alexandra Radu/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/06c939c878e240c68b58149853d8f388_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
More than a million people attended the biggest festival in the world dedicated to the Hindu god Murugan.
![A high-ranking Buddhist monk recites prayers in the small royal chariot as the royal urn of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej heads from the Grand Palace to the Royal Crematory. The chariot is pulled by 42 men in traditional attire. [Alexandra Radu/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/377221b6c990434897d03ee091f5368b_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
An elaborate five-day royal funeral ceremony will culminate on Thursday evening with the royal cremation ceremony.