TOPSHOT - Police fire tear gas at Shiite Muslims as they stage protests in solidarity with Iran, outside the US consulate in Karachi on March 1, 2026. Iranian state television confirmed the death of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and launched a fresh wave of attacks on March 1, as Israel hit back at the capital Tehran. In Pakistan, eight people were killed as hundreds of protesters tried to storm the US consulate in the megacity of Karachi, the local rescue service said. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)