Protests against Russian invasion of Ukraine fill streets around the globe
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Protests against Russian invasion of Ukraine fill streets around the globe
By María Luisa Paúl
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Nazar Bilukha, who was born in Ukraine, attends in a rally in Atlanta on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
From Europe, to Asia, to Africa to North America, people around the globe took to the streets Saturday to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin and plead for peace Russia invasion has
killed hundreds of Ukrainian civilians.
Seas, borders, languages and cultural differences separated the protesters, but the imagery of their pleas was similar: sunflowers, Ukraines national flower; Ukraines blue-and-yellow flag; the phrase no war translated into a slew of languages; banners with Putins face vandalized.
The similarities underscore how the invasion, which began late last month, has quickly turned public opinion against Putin and Russia in a war much of the world has followed online.
Across social media, videos of Ukraines defiance and of Russias assault have rallied
support for Ukraine.
[People around the world protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine]
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By María Paúl
María Luisa Paúl is a reporter on the General Assignment Desk. Before joining The Washington Post's 2021 summer intern class, she served as talent and inclusion director at Notre Dame's student newspaper, the Observer, and interned at the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald as a bilingual reporter. Twitter
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