Protests have rocked Venezuela following Sunday's election, apparently won by the late president Hugo Chavez's designated successor, Nicolas Maduro. This image from Luis Miguel Bastardo shows burning trash and tires on a Caracas Street.
Blocked roads —
Supporters of opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski have held demonstrations, blocked roads and banged pots and pans in the street, demanding a vote recount. Bastardo, who shot this photograph, says he and others are banging pots as a pacifist way of protesting.
Fire in the streets —
These protests, held on Monday, went on until late in the evening, as more opposition protesters arrived to express anger, Bastardo said.
Banging pots and pans —
Opposition supporters in iReporter Carlos Luis Diaz Freytes' Caracas neighborhood took part in a "cacerolazo" -- literally "casserole" -- protest on Monday night.
Demands for vote recount —
Protests have not been confined to Caracas. In Barquisimeto, northwest Venezuela, iReporter Juan Pereira here joins an opposition march to the National Electoral Council office to call for a recount. But offices were closed, he said.
Raising arms —
Also in Barquisimeto, medical student Rebeca Asuaje captured this image of opposition protesters raising their arms to dispute the results.
Spelling out their claims —
Opposition protesters made their feelings clear in this road graffiti, as seen in iReporter Manuel Sosa's image from Merida, western Venezuela
An 'intense' week —
Sosa describes the protests this week in the city of Merida as "intense."
Moving image —
Daniela Maggiolo from Puerto Ordaz, eastern Venezuela, was moved by this image of an elderly protester outside the city's local office for the National Electoral Council office.
Surging on —
Protesters thronged the streets in San Cristobal to demonstrate their belief that "Capriles won," says opposition supporter Jesus Colmenares.
