Photos show where around the world Black Lives Matter and anti-police brutality protests are erupting, from Tokyo to Amsterdam
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Countries across the globe are erupting in response to the death of George Floyd.
From Europe to Asia, to South America, and Australia, protesters in several countries and cities are following the U.S.'s lead in Black Lives Matter protests last weekend, per the New York Times and Reuters.
The protests began in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after a black man named George Floyd was killed on May 27. A Police officer named Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes.
Here's where in the world people are protesting in support of the Black Lives Matter movement right now.
The death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a black woman, sparked protests in Canada, per CBC News. Korchinski-Paquet reportedly fell from her balcony on June 3 when police officers were investigating an incident in her building.
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Source: CBC News
Over in the UK, demonstrators in London have gathered in Parliament Square for the second weekend in a row to protest the death of George Floyd, CNN reported on June 6.
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Source: CNN
People gathered across Australia in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney, to protest systemic racism and Aboriginal deaths in police custody, the New York Times reported on June 6. "Australia is not innocent," some shouted.
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Source: The New York Times
In Europe, although the demonstration was banned, thousands gathered around the U.S. Embassy in Paris on June 6 to protest in solidarity with the U.S. and in memory of a black French man named Adama Traore, who died in a 2016 police operation, per the New York Times. Demonstrators also gathered at the Eiffel Tower.
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Source: The New York Times
Over in Germany, people protested racism in solidarity with the U.S. in several cities last weekend and this weekend, per Reuters and NPR, and Insider.
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Source: Insider, Reuters, Reuters, NPR
Over in Asia, dozens in South Korea protested the death of George Floyd on June 6, per Reuters.
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Source: Reuters
In Tokyo, people protested the perceived mistreatment of a Kurdish man who said he was shoved to the ground after being pulled over while driving, Reuters reported on June 6.
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Source: Reuters
In South America, People gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, which is now on lockdown, Newsweek reported on Friday.
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Source: Newsweek
In Denmark, about 2,000 people gathered in Copenhagen, the nation's capital, while thousands more demonstrated in Aarhus and Odense, the second and third largest cities.
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Source: CNN, Copenhagen Post Online
Thousands of people gathered at the US embassy in Warsaw, Poland, while residents in Krakow, Poland, set up an altar to commemorate Floyd with flowers and signs.
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About 3,000 people protested by the US embassy in Madrid, Spain, and chanted Floyd's last words, "I can't breathe."
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Protesters in Mexico demanded justice for Giovanni Lopez, a man who was allegedly beaten to death in police custody. On June 5, the US embassy in Mexico City went under lockdown as protests turned violent.
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Hundreds of demonstrators in Brazil chanted, "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" as they protested police brutality.
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Aziz Asmar, a Syrian painter, painted a mural on one of the walls smashed during the Syrian civil war.
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In Italy, hundreds gathered in Naples to protest against the police killing of Floyd. Thousands of people also gathered in Rome. A mural in memory of Floyd was painted in Palermo.
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Source: CNN, The New York Times, Ruptly, WHIO
More than 20,000 people gathered in Paris to protest the death of Floyd and Adama Traoré, a man who likely suffocated and died after the police pinned him to the ground. On June 7, French police banned protests outside the US embassy and near the Eiffel Tower.
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Source: CNN, The Wall Street Journal
On June 3, a protest in The Netherlands was cancelled and police told protesters to go home after violating social distancing rules. Some protesters reportedly smashed windows and threw furniture in response to the cancellation.
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