In Indonesia, about 5,000 Muslims have staged a rally near the city of Yogyakarta to pray for the people of Iraq.

Members of Islamic boarding schools in and around Yogyakarta in Central Java gathered after midday prayers outside a mosque for the rally. Police said no incidents were reported.

In Jakarta, divers at Sea World marine park staged an underwater demonstration, unfurling a three-meter-long banner reading "Stop war, stop violence" inside the aquarium.