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Nigerian protesters take to the streets once again, blocking a main road in Lagos and demanding that officials follow through on an announcement that a feared police unit is to be scrapped. The decision to dissolve the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), which has been accused of unlawful arrests, torture and extra-judicial killings, followed widespread protests that saw police use tear gas and water cannon. IMAGES
A few thousand of anti-government protesters defy a 24-hour curfew at Lekki Toll Gate in Nigeria's economic hub Lagos, as ordered by the state governor to curb the demonstrations, which went into effect at 4pm local time (1500 GMT). IMAGES
Protesters march against police brutality in Minneapolis, after the police officer charged with killing George Floyd, the African American whose death sparked a mass protest movement, was released from a Minnesota jail on Wednesday on a $1 million bail.
Protesters batter a police station's windows and erect barricades with trash cans to prevent officers from advancing on them in Bogota, where clashes in which at least 10 people were killed broke out following the death of a man repeatedly tasered by police. IMAGES
Protesters and relatives of people who died as a result of police violence chant slogans in the streets of New York as part of the 'Take Your Knee Off Our Necks' March, which will end up at Trump Tower. IMAGES
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