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Protesters ignore curfew orders in Minneapolis as cars are set ablaze. Residents try to put out cars on fire with buckets of water, while a convenience store is looted. IMAGES
A black man in his 20s died after he was shot in the head by a police officer early Sunday in Minneapolis, RT reported.
Opening statements in the long-awaited voluntary manslaughter trial of Randall Kerrick, a white Charlotte, North Carolina police officer who in September 2013 fatally shot an unarmed black former college football player 12 times, began on Monday.
An Iowa police officer shot and killed an unarmed man following a car chase in Des Moines on Tuesday night.
Images from the Sri Lankan town of Rambukkana on Wednesday, a day after clashes between police and demonstrators resulted in the death of a protester after being shot. An indefinite curfew has been imposed in the area. The South Asian country is in the grip of its most painful economic downturn since independence in 1948, with regular blackouts and severe shortages of fuel and other goods causing widespread misery. Huge protests have called for the resignation of the government, which is preparing to negotiate an urgently needed bailout with the International Monetary Fund. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.