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Protest
Students in Bangladesh call for leadership change as protests against quota system turn violent
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Israelis demonstrate outside the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to call for new elections, Jerusalem, April 1, 2024.
Israel-Hamas war
Israelis set up a tent city in Jerusalem to protest Netanyahu and call for new elections
Low water levels are seen at the Paso Severino dam, which supplies water to the city of Montevideo and adjacent metropolitan areas, Uruguay, May 15, 2023.
Uruguayans protest over government attempts to supplement public drinking water from salty reservoirs amid historic drought
Raising the street protest to art form: synchronized megaphone barkers sang and chanted in unison to fire up the crowds.
Protest
In France, students prove an unlikely ally in protests against pension reform
Graphic of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Free speech
China’s tech weapons roll in to quell demonstrations, identify protesters
The Inca temple of Sacsayhuamán gets only a handful of visitors per day now, as tourists cancel their trips to Cusco amid protests taking place in Peru.
Protest
Protests across Peru are keeping tourists away from the country’s top travel destinations
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Music
TarantisT bandleader on protests in Iran: ‘This is not protest anymore. This is a revolution’
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Music
‘For the Sake of’ song becomes anthem for protests in Iran
Otero Alcántara during his performance “La Bandera Es De Todos," a piece where he wore the Cuban flag for thirty days.
Arts, Culture & Media
Cuban dissident artists behind hit protest song ‘Patria y Vida’ sentenced to prison
Friends and family of Nicolas Guerrero lit candles near the spot where he was killed during a protest
Police
Families seek justice for youth killed while protesting last year
Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza lays flowers near the place where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down, in Moscow, Russia
Conflict & Justice
‘I know that he will not stop fighting,’ wife of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza says
Protesters yell from behind the roadblock they erected as they face off with security forces near the University Politecnica de Nicaragua, UPOLI, in Managua, Nicaragua
Leaders
‘I have to speak out’: Nicaraguan ambassador resigns, denounces govt as dictatorship
Ukrainian servicemen walk by a deactivated Russian military multiple rocket launcher on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022. Russian troops bore down on Ukraine's capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the gover
Ukraine
‘It was like a nightmare’: Russians react to news of Putin bombing Ukraine
Smoke rises from the city hall building during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Protest
What’s behind unrest rocking oil-rich Kazakhstan
Protestors clash with riot police during a demonstration against the reinforced measures of the Belgium government to counter the latest spike of the coronavirus in Brussels, Belgium
Top of The World
Europe sees widespread protests against COVID-19 restrictions
Protesting farmers ride tractors and shout slogans as they march to the capital, breaking police barricades, during India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India
Top of The World
India repeals controversial farm laws after a year of protests
Commuters drive amidst morning haze and toxic smog as schools and some coal-based power plants close down in New Delhi, India
Top of The World
Heavy smog shuts down schools in India’s capital
Soldiers patrol along the Malecón seawall in Havana, Cuba
Police
Cuban govt supporters resorted to tactics they haven’t used in decades to suppress political dissidents, professor says
Palestinian laborers work building new houses in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Bruchin near the Palestinian town of Nablus
Top of The World
Israel approves nearly 3,000 new Jewish settlement homes in the West Bank
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Taliban name caretaker Cabinet that pays homage to old guard
Blue British National Overseas passports (BNO) and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China passports are displayed
Migration
Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers have applied for special new UK visas
Red building in China with people in masks mingling in front of it
Hong Kong politics
In Hong Kong, lighting a candle for Tiananmen victims is now a crime
Hospitals Stretched Thin As COVID-19 Surges Across the U.S. 2020-10-28
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed for U.S. Supreme Court 2020-10-27
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Science & Technology
How social media has changed society
Politics with Amy Walter: A Look at the SCOTUS Nomination Fight
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Protests Erupt Around the Country After Grand Jury Announcement on Breonna Taylor Case 2020-09-24
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Court System Backlogs Leave Foster Families in the Lurch 2020-09-23
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A man raises his fist and wears a black BLM shirt as he stands in the sunroof of a car with a huge American flag.
Critical State
Legislating peace and security: Part I
S3 E5 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – Democracy! (Yawn)
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A close up of a man in traditional Oromo clothing
Protest
Why Ethiopia erupted over a musician’s killing
Relationship Between Police and Media Grows Increasingly Tense 2020-06-18
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Politics with Amy Walter: The Tipping Point for the End of Systemic Racism in Policing
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A black man stands in a crowd with his fist raised in the air.
Critical State
The power of protest: Part I
Several police officers are shown carrying shields and wearing riot gear with the White House in the background.
Global Politics
In China, US protests a hot topic on state, social media
People in military uniform wear face masks while they form a line on a Beirut street during protest.
Protest
Lebanon protests called out corruption. Now it’s about survival. 
Sudanese protesters chant slogans during a rally calling for the former ruling party to be dissolved and for ex-officials to be put on trial in Khartoum, Sudan, Oct. 21, 2019.
Protest
Protests that rocked The World in 2019
People shout slogans and hold the Sudanese flag as they march on the streets demanding the ruling military hand over to civilians during a demonstration in Khartoum, Sudan June 30, 2019.
Global Politics
‘We are willing to die’ for democracy, Sudan protester says
Cameras and people surround Joshua Wong as he speaks to the media.
Conflict & Justice
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong: ‘We will continue our battle until the day we have democracy’
A gurney is rushed down a crowded hallway in a hospital
Conflict & Justice
Violence overshadows Sudan’s transition push
A man on a platform performs to a crowd of protestors
Climate Change
London protesters say climate change is bigger than Brexit
Politics and Protest: Hitting the Streets in the Trump Era
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Demonstrators shout next to a burning barricade as they take part in a protest over a controversial reform to the pension plans of the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute (INSS) in Managua, Nicaragua April 21, 2018.
Conflict
At least 9 dead in Nicaragua as civil unrest continues
Red beret-wearing Armenian law enforcement officers detain a man during a protest.
Conflict
Armenian police detain almost 200 in protests
The Top Risks Facing the World in 2018
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A building burns during street protests in Dorud, Iran.
Conflict
Unrest is rippling through Iran’s strategic oil heartland
A protester holds a national flag while standing in front of a fire burning at the entrance of a building housing the magistracy of the Supreme Court of Justice, during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 12,
Conflict
Photos: A year of protests and crisis in volatile Venezuela
People participate in a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy and the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in New York City, U.S. February 11, 2017.
Justice
NYC lawyers protest after ICE agents arrest immigrant at Brooklyn courthouse
Overhead shot of crowd flanked by police SUVs, evening time
Justice
Phoenix residents take over city council meeting for five hours to protest police use of force
An opposition supporter is detained by riot police during a rally against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela.
Conflict
A UN report says there’s been ‘widespread and systematic use of excessive force’ in Venezuela
Riot security forces clashing with demonstrators rallying against Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 28.
Media
Intimidation, Twitter trolls, and finally this New York Times correspondent was kicked out of Venezuela
Nicolas Maduro
Global Politics
Venezuelans turn up for symbolic vote to show their ‘discontent’ with President Maduro’s government
Sharlee Mullins Glenn speaks to demonstrators outside the Office of Homeland Security in West Valley City, Utah in May.
Global Politics
Trump’s policies have turned some Mormon women in Utah into political activists
Alexey Petrov at the March protest in Irkutsk. The scene reminded him of his own generation 20 yrs ago — before Russians his age became jaded about politics.
Global Politics
Young Russia, adrift from the Kremlin, stands up to Putin
Venezuela
Conflict
Venezuela’s violent protests have claimed 31 lives so far
Venezuela
Conflict
Venezuela’s Maduro proposes a new constitution. Protesters call it a coup.
A mural of then President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Belgrade, Serbia, December 4, 2016.
Conflict
Russian journalists’ advice to US reporters: ‘Don’t be nervous’ and ‘keep working’
A Romanian holds a sign that reads "we stand united" during a demonstration of thousands against the  government in Bucharest, Romania, Feb. 6, 2017.
Justice
Romanian protests continue despite government retreat
Protesters block the entrance to a gas station during a demonstration against rising gas prices at Tlalpan avenue in Mexico City, this week.
Economics
Mexico’s peso is tanking, and a new administration in Washington isn’t expected to help
Protesters gather and occupy major streets in the city center for a rally against South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul.
Global Politics
Thousands of protesters demand the ouster and arrest of the South Korean president