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Although people with mental illness sometimes distort the message of movements, far more are victims of violence rather than perpetrators, says one psychiatrist.

Tunisia's interim leaders announced a new national unity government following the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali amid massive street protests. Several top ministers retained their posts and at least one top opposition leader was expected to join the government.

'Black excellence' comments at a Florida Gulf Coast University Student Government meeting lead to a protest on campus this week.

Hong Kong's final pro-democracy protest camp was removed by the police this week. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Frank Langfitt about the future of the movement and relations with mainland China.

Hundreds of Iranian women protested against gender discrimination, just five days before the country holds presidential elections. The demonstrations came as several people died in a series of explosions.

Officials and state-controlled media have launched a major campaign against the rally, comparing it to the uprising in Ukraine that led to the fall of that country's then pro-Russia president in 2013.

Pope Francis arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Monday and was greeted by adoring masses and protesters alike. It is his first foreign trip since becoming pope.

Tens of thousands of Spaniards staged angry protests this week against new cutbacks that represent the biggest single dose of austerity in Spain's democratic history. Public employees will suffer pay cuts as part of a nearly $80 billion package of cuts and tax hikes. New austerity measures are the conditions attached to a European bailout for Spanish banks.

Thousands of Tunisians are protesting in the streets after the assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid, a critic of the moderate Islamist group that dominates the country's government. Steve Inskeep talks with Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Institution's Doha Center.

Despite his likely victory in Sunday's presidential election, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is certain to face growing anger from an educated, urban middle-class that's been demonstrating on the streets of Moscow. Residents first came out to protest alleged vote rigging, but many see electoral fraud as part of a wider problem, abuse of power.