Activists of CPI(ML)-Liberation burn an effigy of US President Barack Obama in Dumraon on Monday. The US said more than 1,400 people had been killed in a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus on August 21, which it blames on Assad’s forces. President Obama has threatened military strikes against Syria as punishment. On Monday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned of possible reprisal attacks if the US uses military force against Syria, saying that if there were strikes, Americans could “expect every action.” Picture by Manish Kumar