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Minneapolis, Jun 4 (EFE/EPA).- Shouts and slogans against police brutality targeting African Americans once again on Thursday resounded through the streets in a number of major US cities, while in Minneapolis hundreds gathered to bid a tearful farewell to George Floyd, whose murder while in police custody last week sparked a nationwide wave of protests, riots and looting.Hundreds of people paid homage to George Floyd, an African American, at the North Central University amphitheater in the Minnesota capital, with Martin Luther King III, the oldest son of the civil rights leader killed in 1968, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson among the crowd.Also on hand for the service were Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, US Congresswomen Ilhan Omar, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Ayana Pressley and Joyce Beatty; along with rappers TI, Ludacris and Tyrese Gibson; comedians Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish; and actress Marsai Martin.Before Floyd's gold-colored casket, the Rev. Al Sharpton delivered an emotional eulogy in which he urged the black community to remove once and for all the "knee" that presses down on their neck and prevents them from prospering, a metaphor evoking the way in which Floyd lost his life on May 25.Floyd, who has become a symbol of the hunger for change, was arrested by Minneapolis police, handcuffed and placed facedown on the pavement but then suffocated when a white cop knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes, a shocking death scene that was recorded by passersby on their cellphones and has sparked outrage and anger all across the US. (Camera: CRAIG LASSIG).SHOT LIST: MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD, WHO DIED IN POLICE CUSTODY IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, US.
Mourners gather outside Saint-Sulpice church in Paris ahead of the funeral of Jacques Chirac, who died on Thursday aged 86. Dozens of world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, are expected in Paris to pay their final respects to France's late president as the country holds a national day of mourning for its popular former head of state. IMAGES
Legendary singer songwriter Leonard Cohen is now singing his inspirational and iconic song in the afterlife. He died on Thursday at the age of 82 at his home in Los Angeles, as confirmed by his label Sony Music Canada and by his son Adam. Cohen left behind a legacy of 50 years of prolific musical and poetic work, reportedly writing and composing up until his last moments. Montreal’s residents gathered to commemorate the life of the musician Leonard Cohen, congregating outside Cohen’s Montreal home. His supporters and fans lit candles in an impromptu vigil for the singer. Details over his death have not yet been released and his family have asked for privacy in this time.
Family, friends and fellow sisters gather at a Jackson, Mississippi church in memory of two nuns who were killed in their Durant home last week. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Palestinian mourners gather for the funeral of three people killed in Jenin in an Israeli air strike on their vehicle. The Israeli military said it had "eliminated" Ahmed Barakat, who it accused of a May 2023 attack that killed an Israeli settler. Jenin and its adjacent refugee camp are a stronghold of armed Palestinian groups opposing Israel, which has occupied the West Bank since 1967. Israeli troops regularly carry out incursions into Palestinian communities but until several months ago had rarely struck the West Bank from the air. IMAGES
Mourners throw flowers on the hearse carrying the coffin of Alexei Navalny as it leaves the Moscow church where the late Russian opposition leader's funeral took place en route to the cemetery. Thousands have gathered to pay their respects to President Vladimir Putin's top critic, chanting his name as they brave the prospect of arrest. IMAGES
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