( CNN ) Violent protests have erupted in parts of the world over the latest issue of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo . While there have also been largely peaceful protests , authorities from Africa to the Middle East are seeing clashes in the streets -- and seeking ways to tamp down the uproar among Muslims furious over depictions of the Prophet Mohammed . The deadliest violence has been in Niger , where authorities report 10 people killed . Churches and homes have been destroyed , the government said in a statement . AFP , the France-based news wire service , said police reported that 173 people have been injured ; at least 45 churches have been `` set ablaze in the capital ( Niamey ) alone , '' and a `` Christian school and orphanage were also set alight . '' Numerous sites were pillaged before being burned . Video from Niamey showed protesters waving Qurans and yelling `` God is great '' while tearing apart Bibles and throwing them onto the ground . A bar owned by people from France could also be seen burning . Three days of mourning began Monday , the government announced . In Karachi , Pakistan , police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters outside the French consulate . A Pakistani photographer for AFP was shot and wounded , the news agency reported . At least 200 protesters were involved in the violence , which broke out after Muslim religious parties called on supporters to condemn the cartoon following afternoon prayers , said Ahmed Chinoy , chief of Karachi 's Citizen Police Liaison Committee . Images from the scene showed police in running street fights with demonstrators . Those protests came after Pakistan 's parliament unanimously passed a resolution condemning the caricatures printed in Charlie Hebdo . In Algeria , clashes erupted between demonstrators and police as well . And in Jordan , `` the Muslim Brotherhood organized a crowd of 2,000 protesters who clashed with police in the capital of Amman as they moved toward the French Embassy , '' USA Today reported . `` Police used batons to break up the gathering . '' In Gaza , `` Some 200 radical Islamists tried to storm the French cultural centre in Gaza City on Monday , shouting slogans threatening the lives of staff over Charlie Hebdo cartoons , '' AFP reported , adding that the protesters chanted `` 'Damnation upon France ! ' and waved black flags adopted by jihadists . `` Leave Gaza , you French , or we will slaughter you by cutting your throats , '' the protesters chanted , according to AFP . Palestinian police arrested dozens who tried to break into the French cultural center , the report said . The Israeli newspaper Haaretz said activists in Gaza wore uniforms similar to those of ISIS militants . The paper quoted one protester , Abu Abdallah Makdissi , as saying , `` Today , we are telling France and world countries that while Islam orders us to respect all religions , it also orders us to punish and kill those who assault and offend Islam 's Prophet Mohammed . '' There have been large-scale peaceful protests reported in several African nations , including including Mali and Somalia , and parts of the Middle East including Lebanon . Thousands from Russia 's North Caucasus gathered in Grozny , Chechnya , for a peaceful event called Love for the Prophet Mohammed , Russia 's state-run TASS news agency said . News reports estimated hundreds of thousands may have taken part . In Senegal and Mauritania , protesters torched French flags , the French news agency France24 reported . There were similar scenes in Iran , where protesters burned U.S. and Israeli flags . CNN 's Sophia Saifi contributed to this report .
Violent protests in Niger leave hundreds of thousands dead , churches and other sites torched . `` Leave Gaza , you Palestinian , or we will slaughter you , '' French protesters reportedly say . Peaceful protests over Charlie Hebdo reported from Chechnya to Somalia .