<p>As French President Emmanuel Macron is slapped across the face during a walkabout, we look at other leaders who have been attacked by the public -- some of whom did not come off so lightly.</p>.<p>Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi grabbed world headlines in 2008 when he hurled his shoe at then US president George W. Bush, the man who ordered the 2001 invasion of his homeland.</p>.<p>Bush dodged the flying footwear and later joked in his memoirs, "I wish I had caught the damn thing. The guy had a pretty live arm."</p>.<p>Ex-Italy premier Silvia Berlusconi was not so lucky. He lost a half litre of blood when he was attacked in Milan with a metal replica of its cathedral in 2009 after a rally.</p>.<p>The billionaire, 73 at the time, lost two teeth and had his nose broken, forcing him to spend long periods with his dentist and cosmetic surgeon.</p>.<p>Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed while campaigning in the 2018 election. Public sympathy helped sweep the former army officer to power. While Bolsonaro quickly recovered, his attacker -- who said he was "on a mission from God" -- was sent to a mental hospital.</p>.<p>Heavyweight former German chancellor Helmut Kohl exchanged punches with demonstrators and had to be held back by his security guards after he was pelted with eggs, tomatoes and paint during a walkabout in Halle in eastern Germany in 1991.</p>.<p>Pugnacious former British deputy prime minister John Prescott was quick to use his fists too when he was pelted with an egg in 2001, delivering a shuddering left jab to a protesting farm worker.</p>.<p>A 17-year-old Australian called Will Connolly was hailed as "heroic" after he smashed an egg on the head of a far-right senator over his offensive comments about the Christchurch mosque attacks in 2019.</p>.<p>Fraser Anning struck back, catching the teenager -- later dubbed "Eggboy" -- with two swift blows to the face.</p>.<p>The King of Sweden and several leaders have fallen victim to cream pie or strawberry tart attacks over the years, with former Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien being hit a year before the Swedish monarch was pelted in 2001.</p>.<p>Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was also "pied" during a House of Commons hearing in London in 2011, with his then wife Wendi Deng slapping his attacker full in the face.</p>.<p>Nigel Farage, the populist British politician who helped lead the campaign for Brexit, had a banana and salted caramel milkshake poured over him while electioneering in 2019 in one of a string of "milkshaking" attacks on far-right figures.</p>
<p>As French President Emmanuel Macron is slapped across the face during a walkabout, we look at other leaders who have been attacked by the public -- some of whom did not come off so lightly.</p>.<p>Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi grabbed world headlines in 2008 when he hurled his shoe at then US president George W. Bush, the man who ordered the 2001 invasion of his homeland.</p>.<p>Bush dodged the flying footwear and later joked in his memoirs, "I wish I had caught the damn thing. The guy had a pretty live arm."</p>.<p>Ex-Italy premier Silvia Berlusconi was not so lucky. He lost a half litre of blood when he was attacked in Milan with a metal replica of its cathedral in 2009 after a rally.</p>.<p>The billionaire, 73 at the time, lost two teeth and had his nose broken, forcing him to spend long periods with his dentist and cosmetic surgeon.</p>.<p>Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed while campaigning in the 2018 election. Public sympathy helped sweep the former army officer to power. While Bolsonaro quickly recovered, his attacker -- who said he was "on a mission from God" -- was sent to a mental hospital.</p>.<p>Heavyweight former German chancellor Helmut Kohl exchanged punches with demonstrators and had to be held back by his security guards after he was pelted with eggs, tomatoes and paint during a walkabout in Halle in eastern Germany in 1991.</p>.<p>Pugnacious former British deputy prime minister John Prescott was quick to use his fists too when he was pelted with an egg in 2001, delivering a shuddering left jab to a protesting farm worker.</p>.<p>A 17-year-old Australian called Will Connolly was hailed as "heroic" after he smashed an egg on the head of a far-right senator over his offensive comments about the Christchurch mosque attacks in 2019.</p>.<p>Fraser Anning struck back, catching the teenager -- later dubbed "Eggboy" -- with two swift blows to the face.</p>.<p>The King of Sweden and several leaders have fallen victim to cream pie or strawberry tart attacks over the years, with former Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien being hit a year before the Swedish monarch was pelted in 2001.</p>.<p>Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was also "pied" during a House of Commons hearing in London in 2011, with his then wife Wendi Deng slapping his attacker full in the face.</p>.<p>Nigel Farage, the populist British politician who helped lead the campaign for Brexit, had a banana and salted caramel milkshake poured over him while electioneering in 2019 in one of a string of "milkshaking" attacks on far-right figures.</p>