Over the weekend, demonstrations took place around the world, with thousands of people outside the United States marching to show solidarity with American protests over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. In many places, marchers also voiced their anger about systemic racism and police brutality within their own countries. Gathered below are images from the past 48 hours in Sweden, England, Japan, Brazil, Spain, Senegal, Denmark, Scotland, South Korea, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, Australia, Poland, Turkey, France, Switzerland, Portugal, Canada, and Germany. Be sure to also read “The Enormous Scale of This Movement” by our own Elaine Godfrey.
Images From a Worldwide Protest Movement
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Read moreThousands of people demonstrate in Cologne, Germany, on June 6, 2020, to protest against racism and the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis. #
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Read moreProtesters participate in a Black Lives Matter rally in Brisbane, Australia, on June 6, 2020. #
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Read moreTens of thousands of people gather together in tribute to George Floyd during a protest against racism and police brutality on June 6, 2020, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. #
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Read moreIn Seoul, South Korea, people march to protest during a solidarity rally over the death of George Floyd on June 6, 2020. #
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Read moreProtesters hold placards as they attend a demonstration in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 7, 2020, organized to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. #
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Read moreProtesters demonstrate against police brutality and racism in Montreal, Canada, on June 7, 2020. #
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Read moreA protester breaks down in tears during a protest in Marseille, France, on June 6, 2020. #
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Read moreA man raises his fist over a crowd of demonstrators during a protest against racial inequality in Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, Spain, on June 7, 2020. #
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Read moreA protester wears a mask while marching through central London on June 6, 2020, in England. #
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Read moreProtesters hold placards as they attend a demonstration in Parliament Square in central London on June 6, 2020. #
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Read moreDemonstrators protest against racism and hate crimes during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 7, 2020. #
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Read morePeople demonstrate in Lyon, France, on June 6, 2020, to protest against the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis. #
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Read moreProtesters in Gothenburg, Sweden, hold placards while attending a demonstration to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement on June 7, 2020. #
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Read moreThousands attend a protest against racism in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the Olympic Cauldron at Jack Poole Plaza on June 5, 2020. #
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Read moreProtesters demonstrate against police brutality in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 8, 2020. The protest against police brutality in Kenya was in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and in response to the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis. #
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Read morePeople gather during a demonstration to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 7, 2020. #
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Read moreA protester poses for a portrait with his placard as he joins the global Black Lives Matter movement in Dakar, Senegal, on June 6, 2020. #
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Read moreA demonstrator gestures in front of police officers during a protest organized by Black Lives Matter in Belgium against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in central Brussels on June 7, 2020. #
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Read morePeople hold placards during a protest against police brutality in Tokyo, Japan, on June 6, 2020. #
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Read moreHundreds of demonstrators gather on the Champs de Mars as the Eiffel Tower is seen in the background during a demonstration in Paris, France, on June 6, 2020, to protest against the recent killing of George Floyd. #
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Read moreDemonstrators embrace while holding a placard during a protest against racial inequality in front of the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, Hungary, on June 7, 2020. #
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Read morePeople gather in Barcelona, Spain, on June 7, 2020, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. #
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Read moreProtesters take part in a Black Lives Matter demonstration in solidarity with U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd, in Piazza Duca D'Aosta in Milan, Italy, on June 7, 2020. #
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Read moreProtesters in Warsaw, Poland, take part in a Black Lives Matter march in front of the U.S. embassy on June 6, 2020. #
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Read moreDemonstrators attend a protest against police brutality and the killing of George Floyd, at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany, on June 6, 2020. #
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Read moreDemonstrators wearing face masks take part in a protest against police brutality and the killing of George Floyd, in front of the Trump Towers in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 5, 2020. #
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Read moreProtesters in Adelaide, Australia, march in solidarity with protests in the United States on June 6, 2020. #
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Read moreDemonstrators in Rome's Piazza del Popolo raise their fists as they attend a protest against racial inequality in Italy on June 7, 2020. #
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Read morePeople in Lausanne, Switzerland, kneel down as they take part in a rally on June 7, 2020, against racism and police brutality in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, and in memory of a Nigerian man named Mike Ben Peter who died in similar circumstances after an encounter with police in Lausanne two years ago. #
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Read moreDemonstrators attend a Black Lives Matter protest to express solidarity with U.S. protesters in Melbourne, Australia, on June 6, 2020, and to demand an end to frequent Aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia. #
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Read morePeople gather to call for justice for George Floyd, in Turin, Italy, on June 6, 2020. Shouting “I can’t breathe,” several hundred people protested peacefully in Turin to denounce the police killing of George Floyd and show solidarity with anti-racism protests in the U.S. and elsewhere. #
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Read moreProtesters shout slogans during a demonstration against racism and fascism in Lisbon, Portugal, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement on June 6, 2020. #
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Read moreA protester stands in front of placards left by protesters that cover the fence of Parliament during a Black Lives Matter protest in London, England, on June 7, 2020. #
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Read moreProtesters attend a Black Lives Matter rally on June 7, 2020 in Rome, Italy. #
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