Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko delivers a speech during his inauguration ceremony at the Palace of the Independence in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Lukashenko of Belarus has assumed his sixth term of office in an inauguration ceremony that wasn't announced in advance. State news agency BelTA reported that Wednesday's ceremony is taking place in the capital of Minsk, with several hundred top government official present. (Photo by Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





Two women provide a health care to a wounded protester during an opposition rally to protest the presidential inauguration in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has been sworn in to his sixth term in office at an inaugural ceremony that was not announced in advance amid weeks of huge protests saying the authoritarian leader's reelection was rigged. Hundreds took to the streets in several cities in the evening to protest the inauguration. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A woman wearing a gown in the colours of former white-red-white flag of Belarus flashes the Victory-sign during a demonstration called by the opposition movement for an end to the regime of authoritarian leader in Minsk on September 20, 2020. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched in the Belarusian capital of Minsk defying a heavy security force presence that included water cannons and armoured vehicles. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the ex-Soviet state for 26 years, claimed to have defeated opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya with 80 percent of the vote in the August 9, elections. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Riot police detain protesters during an opposition rally to protest the presidential inauguration in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, September 23, 2020. (Photo by TUT.by via AP Photo)





A woman argues with riot police during an opposition rally to protest the presidential inauguration in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, September 23, 2020. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Riot police detain a protester an opposition rally to protest the presidential inauguration in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, September 23, 2020. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Law enforcement officers detain opposition supporters during a rally to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko more than a month after the disputed presidential election, in Minsk, Belarus on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Tut.By via Reuters)





Opposition supporters hold a rally to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko more than a month after the disputed presidential election, in Minsk, Belarus on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Law enforcement officers detain opposition supporters during a rally to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko more than a month after the disputed presidential election, in Grodno, Belarus on September 20, 2020. (Photo by BelaPAN via Reuters)





Law enforcement officers detain an opposition supporter during a rally to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko more than a month after the disputed presidential election, in Minsk, Belarus on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Tut.By via Reuters)





An opposition supporter holds a historical white-red-white flag of Belarus in front of law enforcement officers during a rally to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko more than a month after the disputed presidential election, in Minsk, Belarus on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Tut.By via Reuters)





Law enforcement officers block a street during an opposition rally to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko more than a month after the disputed presidential election, in Minsk, Belarus on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Tut.By via Reuters)





An opposition supporter addresses law enforcement officers during a rally to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko more than a month after the disputed presidential election, in Minsk, Belarus on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Tut.By via Reuters)





Opposition supporters gesture from a balcony during a rally to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko more than a month after the disputed presidential election, in Minsk, Belarus on September 20, 2020. (Photo by BelaPAN via Reuters)





Belarusian law enforcement officers attempt to detain participants of an opposition rally to protest against police brutality and to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus on September 19, 2020. (Photo by Tut.By via Reuters)





Belarusian law enforcement officers detain a woman during an opposition rally to protest against police brutality and to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus on September 19, 2020. (Photo by Tut.By via Reuters)





Belarusian law enforcement officers detain a woman during an opposition rally to protest against police brutality and to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus on September 19, 2020. (Photo by Tut.By via Reuters)





Women blocked by Belarusian law enforcement officers gather during an opposition rally to protest against police brutality and to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus on September 19, 2020. (Photo by BelaPAN via Reuters)





Belarusian law enforcement officers raise batons at a man during an opposition protest against the inauguration of President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus on September 23, 2020. (Photo by Tut.By via Reuters)





Belarusian opposition supporters gather to protest against the inauguration of President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus on September 23, 2020. (Photo by BelaPAN via Reuters)





Belarusian law enforcement officers holding weapons stand guard during an opposition protest following the inauguration of President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus on September 23, 2020. (Photo by BelaPAN via Reuters)





Women argue with riot police during an opposition rally to protest the presidential inauguration in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has been sworn in to his sixth term in office at an inaugural ceremony that was not announced in advance amid weeks of huge protests saying the authoritarian leader's reelection was rigged. Hundreds took to the streets in several cities in the evening to protest the inauguration. (Photo by TUT.by via AP Photo)





Riot police detain a protester during an opposition rally to protest the presidential inauguration in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, September 23, 2020. (Photo by TUT.by via AP Photo)