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Thousands of people gather in Vancouver to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died a few days after her arrest by religious police for allegedly violating the strict dress code for women in force since shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. IMAGES
In Berlin, people demonstrate in support of the demonstrations in Iran, as the nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini are entering a sixth week. The death of 22-year-old Amini, after her arrest for allegedly breaching Iran's strict dress code for women, has fuelled the biggest protests seen in the Islamic republic for years. IMAGES
Anti-racist demonstrators march in Oxford, north-west of London, to oppose days of far-right violence that have UK police on high alert. Demonstrators hold signs reading "refugees welcome" and "fascists not welcome in our city" as nightly riots, during which mosques and migrant targets have been attacked, have erupted across towns and cities in England and Northern Ireland since three children were murdered on July 29. IMAGES
More than 30,000 demonstrators take the streets in Greece demanding justice for the 57 victims of the country's most deadly train crash a year ago. Protesters blame the collision on official failings and an unsafe rail system. A definitive account of what happened on February 28, 2023 and who may be at fault has not been delivered, with investigators in an official enquiry not due to finish questioning until March 8. IMAGES
Nearly a hundred people gathered for a demonstration at Place du Trocadéro in Paris to pay tribute to Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny who died in prison on February 16th 2024. IMAGES
People protest outside the Russian Embassy in Warsaw following the announcement of Alexei Navalny’s death. The Russian Prison Service (FSIN) has said Navalny, the Kremlin's most prominent critic, died in an Arctic prison where he was serving a 19-year sentence, after suffering a sudden illness. Some participants are seen holding placards that read "Putin is a killer". IMAGES