2003 anti-WEF protests in Switzerland

In the afternoon, some of the protesters that were turned away outside Davos travelled to Bern, where the demonstrations quickly degenerated into full-scale riots, with thirty arrested and three policemen injured.

Meanwhile, the protesters who were allowed to enter Davos demonstrated peacefully, securely cordoned off from the WEF participants.

One group appeared in monkey costumes, wearing masks of various world leaders, 'adoring' a golden calf that they carried around with them.

Osama bin Laden was portrayed as raping the planet in unison with George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld.

The Rumsfeld character's badge was misinterpreted as alluding to the Star of David, or even to Nazi concentration camp badges, an interpretation that arose because low-resolution versions of the image were circulated in news reports, where the "sheriff" text on the star was not legible.