Thousands of Americans gathered in cities across the US on Saturday, continuing a second week of demonstrations against police brutality and racism in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on Memorial Day.
Across Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, major demonstrations were being staged. More than 200,000 people were expected to join a march in Washington DC where the White House has installed fencing and an intensified police presence is expected.
In North Carolina, mourners gathered for a memorial service to honour Mr Floyd, as Americans returned to the streets in major cities and small towns to demand racial justice.
Hundreds of people lined up to pay their respects at his coffin.
Rev Christopher Stackhouse from Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist Church delivered a eulogy, saying that "although it took 8 minutes and 46 seconds for him to die" — referring the length of time that officer Derek Chauvin was kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck before he died — "it took 401 years to put the system in place for nothing to happen".
Meanwhile, demonstrations continued for a 12th day following his death, as officials weigh reform efforts against law enforcement or suspend and charge police officers captured brutalising protesters in cities across the US.
With hundreds of National Guard troops deployed in the city, Donald Trump revived his fight with the mayor and touted his approval ratings among Republicans.
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After demonstrators headed to Trump Tower properties in New York and Chicago in recent days, demonstrators in Florida headed to the president's Doral resort:
Chicago officials say roughly 30,000 people marched in Chicago on Saturday, one of hundreds of Black Lives Matter demonstrations taking place across the US and one of several in the Illinois city.
A march across the city was more than 20 blocks long.
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Kerry Anne and Michael Gordon celebrated their wedding day during demonstrations in Philadelphia, marching from Philadelphia Museum of Art to City Hall.
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As thousands of demonstrators take to the streets, Washington DC mayor Muriel Bowser's office says it has lifted a nightly curfew that has been in place since Wednesday.
A frequent target of Donald Trump, the mayor has in recent days joined protesters, installed Black Lives Matter street signage, and supported street paintings that read Black Lives Matter so big they can be seen by satellite.
A Kansas technical school cancelled plans for Ivanka Trump to give a virtual commencement speech to graduates amid criticism of President Trump's response to the death of George Floyd.
She responded in a tweet, saying, "Our nation's campuses should be bastions of free speech. Cancel culture and viewpoint discrimination are antithetical to academia. Listening to one another is important now more than ever!"
Students, alumni and staff had protested her appearance.
"We owe it to our students to stand up for the right thing when and where we can," wrote Jennifer Ray, associate professor of photo media at Wichita State.
"To our students of color, and to me, inviting Ivanka Trump to speak right now sends the message that WSU Tech does not take diversity seriously."
Police in Washington DC report more than 6,000 people are demonstrating near the White House on Saturday.
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The curfew begins at 8pm and ends at 6am on Sunday.
District attorneys in the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens will not prosecute certain arrests made at Black Lives Matter protests.
Earlier this week, Donald Trump criticised Washington DC mayor Muriel Bowser for the city's handling of protests outside the White House, saying that she's "unqualified" for the job.
As the city prepares for one of its largest demonstrations yet, with the president deploying hundreds of National Gaurd troops around the White House, he shared his tweet again.
Several demonstrations are planned throughout New York City on Saturday, expected to draw thousands to the streets.
A march in Manhattan was seen from overhead moving through Central Park West.
The US Marine Corps order follows a revived movement to take down symbols of the Civil War in public spaces across the US in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has lifted the curfew in her city after a nightly order was in place this week beginning at 8pm and ending at sunrise.
Demonstrations there are planned in the city's downtown and surrounding counties on Saturday.
Several hundred uniformed military personnel with shields and body armour were deployed outside the White House on Saturday morning, Reuters reports.
The capital is expecting one of the largest Black Lives Matter demonstrations yet in the wake of George Floyd's death.
There are more National Guard members deployed on US soil than there are active-duty troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria combined.
