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New York City Police Officers look on as protests are under way against racism and police violence after the death of George Floyd.
Protests first erupted on 25 May, after video footage went viral on social media of a white police officer in the city of Minneapolis, United States, kneeling on the neck of African American George Floyd, for more than eight minutes, causing his death while in police custody. His death set off a nationwide outcry over racial inequality and police brutality, that have inspired protests in solidarity and against racism all over the world.

Protests are under way in New York City against racism and police violence after the death of George Floyd.
Protests first erupted on 25 May, after video footage went viral on social media of a white police officer in the city of Minneapolis, United States, kneeling on the neck of African American George Floyd, for more than eight minutes, causing his death while in police custody. His death set off a nationwide outcry over racial inequality and police brutality, that have inspired protests in solidarity and against racism all over the world.

An outdoor adult literacy class at the village of Pizonou, near Po. Since 1967, the government of Upper Volta has been implementing, jointly with the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), an experimental project for the social and economic promotion of woman and girls in rural areas. [1976]

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Afghan Honour Guard Prepares for President's Arrival

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Headline Afghanistan Swears in New Parliamentarians

Caption Description Women parliamentarians of the Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga or “House of the People”) attend their inauguration ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan’s second parliamentary inauguration since 2001. Women make up 69 of the 249 candidates elected to Afghan parliament on 18 September 2010.

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NICA ID 462213

Production Date 01/26/2011 1:21:41 PM

City/Location Kabul

Country Afghanistan

Credit UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein

File size 11.82 MB