Ivory Coast police face supporters of Alassane Ouattara, who has claimed to have won last month's presidential election, during a protest in a street in Abidjan on December 16, 2010. At least four demonstrators were shot dead in Abidjan on December 16 as troops loyal to Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo mobilized to thwart an attempt to storm state television headquarters. Soldiers deployed by Gbagbo's regime set up a cordon of armored cars around the broadcaster's Abidjan offices, as France and the United Nations called for restraint and warned of the dangers of a return to violence. PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO
