George Floyd died last month when a cop knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd’s death has given momentum to the Black Lives Matter movement. Protests which began in the USA are now being held all over the world.
With Black Lives Matter protests sparking a review of historical figures in public places around the world, some statues and sculptures have reportedly been defaced.
Statues of Christopher Columbus from Boston to Miami have been beheaded and vandalised.People gather during the worldwide protests against racism and police brutality at the statue of Chr… Read More
People gather during the worldwide protests against racism and police brutality at the statue of Christopher Columbus during a demonstration in Barcelona. Statues of Christopher Columbus from Boston to Miami have been beheaded and vandalised as calls to remove sculptures commemorating colonizers and slavers sweep America on the back of anti-racism protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.
Read LessPolice officers from central Glasgow stand guard beside the statue of Robert Peel.
People gathered to ‘defend’ a statue of former Conservative prime minister and Metropolitan Police founder Robert Peel from those calling for its removal.
A municipal employee cleans a statue of a famous Italian journalist Indro Montanelli.
The statue was defaced, stained with red paint and tagged with the inscription “racist, rapist, “in a Milan public square. It was the first statue which was damaged in Italy since the wave of protests around the world triggered by the death of George Floyd in the US.
Protesters stand on the statue of Marianne on Place de la Republique in Paris.
During the rally of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ worldwide protests against racism and police brutality protesters stand on the statue of Marianne on Place de la Republique in Paris.
The statue of slave owner AKS John McDonogh is brought down by protesters at Duncan Plaza in New Orleans.The protesters then took the remains to the Mississippi River and rolled it down the banks into the … Read More
The protesters then took the remains to the Mississippi River and rolled it down the banks into the water. The destruction is part of a nationwide effort to remove monuments to the Confederacy or with links to slavery as the country grapples with widespread protests against police brutality toward African Americans.
Read LessA protester holds a placard while sitting on a statue of Abraham Lincoln outside of City Hall in San Francisco.
This moment was captured during a protest over the death of George Floyd.
A cushion with a portrait of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill is seen on the cladding around his statue.
Members of far-right groups gathered in Parliament Square, central London in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.
A statue of Jefferson Davis, an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States, lies on the street in Richmond, Virginia.
Confederate monuments are coming down and statues of Christopher Columbus are being toppled as Americans grapple with the ghosts of the country’s racial history in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
A statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gets boarded up on Parliament Square in central London.
Churchill had led the country to victory in WWII.
The vandalised statue of King Baudouin in front of Saint Michael and Gudula Cathedral, in the center of Brussels.
He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo.