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An aerial view of a Black Lives Matter mural on Frederick Douglass Boulevard in the Harlem neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 7, 2020. PHOTO: ALON SICHERMAN VIA REUTERS
Protesters wearing protective face coverings hold placards as they march down Park Lane in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in London on July 5, 2020, in the aftermath of the death of unarmed black man George Floyd in police custody in the US. PHOTO: AFP
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