Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, to protest against a series of deadly attacks on secular writers and publishers in the country.
A publisher of secular books was recently murdered, and four writers have been killed in machete attacks in 2015.
It has been suggested that the attacks may have been carried out by Islamist extremists, but there is little clarity about who may have been behind the killings.
A woman who attacked two people with an axe in an Australian convenience store has been convicted of attempted murder.
Evie Amati, 26, carried out the unprovoked attack in Sydney last year.
After entering the 7-Eleven store, Amati used the axe to strike a man in the face and a woman in the back of the head. Both victims suffered serious injuries.
Amati had pleaded not guilty, arguing that she was experiencing a psychosis at the time of the attack.
The New South Wales District Court convicted her of three charges on Friday, after almost two days of deliberations by a jury.
During the trial, the court heard that Amati's victims thought she had come from a costume party when she entered the store about 02:00 on 7 January last year.
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