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...
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...
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- An armed guard watches prisoners of the Chilean Army in the stands of Santiago's National Stadium. The army is using the stadium as...
Group of Allendes bodyguards are held prisoners by Carabineros, across the street from La Moneda. All of them were killed later. Photographed in the...
Colonel Antonio Tejero brandishing a gun as he attempts to take over Spanish parliament in a coup with the Guardia Civil, February 1981.
Guatemalan President Jacobo was forced to resign after a CIA-backed coup overthrew his reformist government. Left to right: Dona Maria Villanova de...
Tehran, Iran- This was the scene before the Royal Palace in Tehran last March, when Red demonstrators and pro-Mossabegh supporters gathered to...
Santiago, Chile- Military junta President General Augusto Pinochet delivers a radio speech, on the one-month anniversary of the military coup that...
Troops seal off a main road in the Turkish capital Ankara after the military coup led by General Kenan Evren.
Nigerien policeman stands as Nigerien cadets paradeas supporters rally in support of Niger's junta in Niamey on July 30, 2023. Thousands of people...
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...
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...
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...
Women wave handkerchiefs as symbol of their opposition to the government of Chile's President Salvador Allende during a demonstration in Santiago in...
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin stands on a tank to defy the August Coup - an attempt by hard-line members of the Communist...
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...
Teheran, Iran- Members of the Tudeh Party in Iran carry placards which denounce the United States and Great Britain during a powerful demonstration...
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...
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...
Brumaire Year VIII : The Council of the Five Hundred in Saint Cloud" View of the legislative assembly on the evening of Napoleon Bonaparte's coup...
Admiral Toribio Merino, General Augusto Pinochet, and Air Force General Leigh salute while walking to join the Te Deum on September 18, Independence...
Supporters of Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland wave Russian flags as they demonstrate in Niamey on August 6, 2023....
Capitaine Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's new president, attends the ceremony for the 35th anniversary of Thomas Sankaras assassination, in...
Women holding banners, emergency flare sticks and fire sticks as they march during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on July 14,...
Armoured personnel carriers are seen on the streets of Mandalay on February 3 as calls for a civil disobedience gather pace following a military coup...
Citizens of Moscow line the streets to cheer Soviet tanks flying the tricolored flag of the Russian Federation, as they leave Red Square after...
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...
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...
Demonstrators gathering in Ouagadougou to show support on January 25, 2022 to the military hold a picture of Colonel Aissimi Goita , the Malian...
Argentine troops lay with rifles ready in the Plaza de Mayo across from the Presidential Palace, awaiting developments as a military coup ousts the...
Athens, Greece- Armored vehicle patrols street here Dec. 13 after the Greek military junta announced that King Constantine's counter coup had been...
Anti-Pinochet government demonstrators, raising clenched fists, on traditional day of presidential voting before September 1973 coup.
Little girl stands placidly atop a Soviet tank in the barricades at Red Square during the Communist hard liners' coup attempt in August 1991.
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...
Nigerien soldiers stand guard as supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland protest outside the Niger and French airbase in...
Nigerien soldiers stand guard as supporters of Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland gather for a demonstration in Niamey on...
Supporter of Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland holds a placard during a demonstration outside at the Stade General Seyni...
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...
Man dressed in a pre-revolutionary military costume burns a Soviet flag during a rally in Moscow following a coup attempt led by a hardliner...
Malian riot police keep supporters away from the vehicle of new President of Mali's transitional government Assimi Goita as he returns from Accra...
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...
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...
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...
