The Week in Pictures: April 18, 2015
It was a week of anger, as protesters hit the streets from Athens and Sydney to Brooklyn and Oakland. The most compelling images from worldwide demonstrations in the past seven days.
Ralph Orlowski / Reuters
Frankfurt, Germany
April 15, 2015
A protester jumps on the table in front of European Central Bank President Mario Draghi during a news conference.
Ralph Orlowski / Reuters
New York City
April 15, 2015
Protesters rally during demonstrations in Manhattan seeking higher wages. Fast-food workers rallied for higher pay, using the April 15 tax deadline to publicize their claims that they cannot survive on the hourly wages paid by many U.S. corporations.
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
Santiago, Chile
April 16, 2015
Students protest during a demonstration demanding the Chilean government to improve the quality of public education.
Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty
Sydney
April 13, 2015
Body-painted PETA activists parade placards outside Fashion Week Australia calling on the fashion industry to drop the use of fur, wool, leather, and other skins used by some designers.
William West/AFP/Getty
Oakland, California
April 14, 2015
An officer (L) watches as a demonstrator writes on the side of the Oakland police headquarters during a demonstration against police violence. About 50 demonstrators marched through the city with some writing the anti-police messages in chalk after briefly shutting down a freeway on-ramp.
Noah Berger / Reuters
Santiago, Chile
April 16, 2015
A protester breathes fire during a demonstration against the government to demand changes in the education system.
Ivan Alvarado / Reuters
Athens
April 16, 2015
Anti-establishment protesters clash with riot police during a protest against high-security prisons.
Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuter
Ramallah, the West Bank
April 16, 2015
A Palestinian protester runs during clashes with Israeli troops following a demonstration marking Palestinian Prisoners’ Day near Israel’s Ofer Prison. Palestinian human-rights groups say 6,000 Palestinian prisoners remain in Israeli prisons and detention camps.
Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
New York City
April 15, 2015
Protesters lie down on the sidewalk outside a McDonald's restaurant to "Fight for $15"—an increase in wages.
Don Emmeret/AFP/Getty
New York City
April 14, 2015
A demonstrator sits on the roadway during a protest against police brutality against minorities. People angered by fresh cases of police violence against unarmed black men gathered, hoping to invigorate a national discussion on the thorny issue.
Brendan McDermid / Reuters
Sao Paulo, Brazil
April 12, 2015
Demonstrators take part in a protest against Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff. Almost two-thirds of Brazilians favor the impeachment of Rousseff over a corruption scandal at state-run oil company Petrobras, but roughly as many doubt it would drive her from office, according to a poll released Saturday.
Paulo Whitaker / Reuters
Brasilia, Brazil
April 15, 2015
People from various indigenous ethnic groups take part in a protest during a National Indigenous Mobilization in front of Planalto Palace. Organizers aimed to discuss issues of land demarcation and indigenous rights with authorities.
Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
New York City
April 15, 2015
A man in a suit and woman with children walk past a pile of protest signs along Flatbush Avenue as protesters in Brooklyn demonstrated for higher wages. U.S. fast-food workers fighting for better wages enlisted students, health-care workers, and racial justice activists to swell the ranks of rallies set for 230 cities.
Lucas Jackson / Reuters
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