The George Floyd Protests Go Global

Barcelona, Spain

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The protests that erupted in the wake of African American Minneapolis resident George Floyd being killed by a white police officer who knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes on May 25th have now spread all over the globe. Protesters from France to Syria to New Zealand to Kenya are carrying signs and shouting chants in support of Black Lives Matter and against the police brutality that continues to take African American lives. On June 1st, protesters gathered outside the U.S. consulate in Barcelona, Spain.
Dublin, Ireland

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More than 5,000 people marched in Dublin and rallied outside the U.S. Embassy. Protesters held signs in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and drawing attention to racism at home. “It’s not spoken about here because it’s not as serious as what you see in America where people are shot or killed,” one protester told the Irish Times. “It hides in the bushes and the trees here; it’s silent.”
Zurich, Switzerland

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Activists take part in a Black Lives Matter protest against the death of George Floyd in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 1st.
Idlib, Syria

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Aziz Asmar, a 36-year-old graffiti artist, paints a mural depicting George Floyd on a wall in Binnish district in Idlib province, Syria, on June 2nd.
Bordeaux, France

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People kneel during a protest over the killing of George Floyd on June 1st, in Bordeaux, France.
Athens, Greece

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Youth members of the Greek Communist Party protest next to the U.S. embassy in Athens over the police killing of George Floyd.
Nairobi, Kenya

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A supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement holds a placard at a protest against police brutality in Kenya on June 2nd. Protesters gathered in front of the U.S. embassy in Nairobi to express their feelings regarding the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, who has since been fired from the police force and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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A Black Lives Matter protest in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on June 1st.
Paris, France

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Protesters hold placards, including one reading “We are all George Floyd,” during a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Paris on June 1st.
Berlin, Germany

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Protesters attend a rally to commemorate George Floyd in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Protest signs also commemorated the deaths of other African Americans killed by the police brutality and racism in recent years, including Ahmaud Arbery, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, Brionna Taylor, and Freddie Gray.
Sydney, Australia

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Protesters march during a Black Lives Matter protest in Sydney, Australia, on June 2nd.
London, England

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Protesters take part in a Black Lives Matter demonstration near Marble Arch on June 1st, in London.
Calcutta, India

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The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) burn an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump during a protest march condemning the killing of George Floyd, on June 1st, in Calcutta, India.
Belfast, UK

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A protest rally outside Belfast City Hall in Belfast, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Montreal, Canada

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A woman holds a Black Lives Matter placard asking for Justice for George and other victims of racism and police brutalities on Montreal’s Place du Canada on May 31st. Several thousands demonstrators marched on Sunday in central Montreal against racism and police violence, in solidarity with demonstrations in the United States following the death of George Floyd.
Auckland, New Zealand

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A protester marches down Queen Street on June 1st, in Auckland, New Zealand, in solidarity with protests across the United States following the killing of George Floyd.
Sydney, Australia

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People march in Sydney, Australia, during a Black Lives Matter protest following the deadly arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Nairobi, Kenya

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Supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement in Kenya shout slogans and hold placards saying “I Can’t Breath,” the last words of both George Floyd and Eric Garner, an African American man who was killed in 2014 when a New York City police officer put him in an illegal choke hold.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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A woman records a video of the protest crowd gathered at Dam square in Amsterdam.
Rome, Italy

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Girls of the “migrant women and daughters network” protest in front of the war memorial in Dogali in Rome, displaying signs and writings on their bodies to support the protests in Minneapolis after the murder of George Floyd.
Brussels, Belgium

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A Black Lives Matter protest at the Muntplein, Place de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium, on June 2nd.
Palestine

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Palestinian protesters hold banners on June 2nd to show solidarity with U.S. protesters and denounce the death of the George Floyd, as well as Iyad Hallaq, a disabled Palestinian man who was shot dead by Israeli police in front of Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Saturday.

Barcelona, Spain

Dublin, Ireland

Zurich, Switzerland

Idlib, Syria

Bordeaux, France

Athens, Greece

Nairobi, Kenya

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Paris, France

Berlin, Germany

Sydney, Australia

London, England

Calcutta, India

Belfast, UK

Montreal, Canada

Auckland, New Zealand

Sydney, Australia

Nairobi, Kenya

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rome, Italy

Brussels, Belgium

Palestine