Palestinians commemorate Nakba day

Palestinian youths hold Palestinian and United Nations flags during a demonstration to commemorate Nakba in the West Bank village of Beit Surik, near Ramallah Photograph: Maya Hitij/AP

Palestinian children hold black balloons, a symbol of Palestinian mourning. The establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 and the Arab-Israeli war that followed caused the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians Photograph: Ali Jarekjo/Reuters

A man dressed as Yasser Arafat stands alongside Palestinian refugees holding flags and posters Photograph: Abed al Hafiz Hashlamoun/EPA

A Palestinian child waves a Palestinian flag Photograph: STR/EPA

The Palestinian sculpture artist Nasser Flefel carves wooden keys and decorates them with the names of villages which were destroyed during the war with Israel in 1948 Photograph: Abid Katib/Getty

Palestinian children hold posters of George Bush proclaiming him to be a "New Nazi" in a rally outside the UN office in Amman Photograph: Ali Jarekji/Reuters

Palestinian children dressed in military fatigues hold toy rifles during a rally in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp, southern Lebanon Photograph: STR/EPA

A Palestinian student paints an illustration of the Nakba in Gaza City Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP

Palestinians sculpt a giant symbolic key Photograph: Mahfouz Abu Turk/Reuters