Maldives : Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed Hassan, seated top row second right, addresses during the opening session of the Maldivian parliament as lawmakers of former President Mohamed Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party display placards and shout slogans in Male, Maldives on Monday. The new president of the Maldives addressed lawmakers and opened Parliament amid vehement protests by the opposition on Monday, nearly six weeks after he took office in a contentious power transfer that his predecessor has called a coup. Speaker of the Maldives parliament, Abdulla Shahid is seated far right. (PTI)