Armenian protesters rally against land transfer to Azerbaijan, on Yerevan's Republic Square on May 9, 2024. Tens of thousands of people marched through the centre of the Armenian capital Yerevan on May 9, 2024, protesting against a government decision to cede land to arch-foe Azerbaijan. Armenia has agreed to hand over territory it has controlled since the 1990s and started border delimitation efforts in a bid to secure an elusive peace deal with Baku and avoid another bloody conflict. The two south Caucasus nations have been locked in a stand-off over disputed territory, primarily Nagorno-Karabakh, since the break-up of the Soviet Union. Azerbaijan seized Nagorno-Karabakh in a lightning offensive last year, causing almost the entire local population of more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians to flee. (Photo by KAREN MINASYAN / AFP)