Myanmar citizens residing in Japan hold a portrait of leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a rally against Myanmar's military after it seized power from a democratically elected civilian government and arrested the Nobel laureate, outside its Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday. Simultaneous protests were held in a number of countries around the globe as pro-democracy supporters hold a noise barrage in Yangon to call for the immediate release of Suu Kyi.

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