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People gather in London to commemorate the 35th anniversary of China's deadly crackdown at Tiananmen Square, when troops and tanks forcibly dispersed peaceful protests on June 4, 1989, quelling huge, weeks-long demonstrations demanding greater political freedoms. "We cannot forget this day," a speaker tells the crowd. Decades on, China still censors any mention of the crackdown. IMAGES
Palestinians rally in Ramallah to mark the 76th anniversary of their "Nakba" or "catastrophe", which Palestinians associate with Israel's creation. During the 1948 war that accompanied Israel's creation, around 760,000 Palestinians fled or were driven from their homes and many took refuge in what would later become the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. IMAGES
Demonstrators take to the streets in the Philippines on the 38th anniversary of a bloodless uprising that toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos, voicing their opposition to proposed reforms to the country's 1987 constitution. IMAGES
People in Warsaw rally in support of Ukraine as the country marks the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. IMAGES
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
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