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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
Protesters gather in support outside the house of Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner in Buenos Aires as a public prosecutor seeks a 12-year prison sentence and lifetime disqualification from public office for alleged corruption during her two terms as president. IMAGES
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and Algerian Consul General in Paris Said Moussi take part in commemorations of the 1961 massacre of Algerian protesters at a rally in Paris to protest a decision to impose a curfew solely on the country's French Algerian minority. IMAGES
Clashes erupt between Lebanese protesters and security forces in downtown Beirut as the country marks the first anniversary of the port blast that ravaged the city and killed more than 200 people. Dozens were injured when Lebanese police clashed with protesters demanding accountability for last year's Beirut port explosion. IMAGES
Supporters and relatives of George Floyd gather and march in Minneapolis ahead of the first anniversary of his death under a white policeman's knee, a killing that prompted a reckoning on racial injustice in the United States. IMAGES