Demotix Snapshot Photo Blog
22/05/2012
Teachers and students demonstrate together against government reduction's in Education's budget in Barcelona. Around 150.000 people demonstrated in the city center.
21/05/2012
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attended the Victoria Day fireworks display in Toronto as part of their Diamond Jubilee tour of Canada.
21/05/2012
People marched in downtown Phoenix to honor slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk. Milk, who was killed while serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978, has come to symbolize gay pride and power in the U.S.
21/05/2012
The leader of Mali's military coup has agreed to allow the interim president to remain in office in exchange for receiving a lifetime salary and other benefits provided to former heads of state.
21/05/2012
Japanese elementary school children watched as an annular eclipse took place over Tokyo. The children in Tsukushino used special viewing aids to allow them to see the event safely.
21/05/2012
A complete shutdown was observed in Kashmir to mark Mirwaiz Mohammed Farooq's death after he was assasintated in 1991.
21/05/2012
A suicide bomber, supposedly disguised in a Central Security Forces uniform, blew himself up in the midst of a military parade drill, killing at least 96 soldiers. Crime scene investigators could not confirm that Al-Qaeda was behind the attack.
21/05/2012
Minister of State Michael Link, receives the new french European Affairs Minister Bernard Cazeneuve at an Inaugural visit to the Foreign Office. Discussions will focus on current European issues.
20/05/2012
Fans blocked off traffic across Palace Square celebrating a victory in the Ice Hockey World Cup after beating Slovakia 6-2.
20/05/2012
The moon passed between the earth and the sun briefly blocking out most of the sun's surface in the southern half of Arizona, as an annular eclipse became clearly visible.
