Stunning images capture the huge scale of Black Lives Matter protests in cities across the world

Protests around systemic racism, police brutality and police violence have spread in the last week, ever since protests over the killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis, two weeks ago.

The protests started in Minneapolis, the city where Floyd lived and was killed by police officers. They soon spread to other cities in the US.

In other countries around the world, protests have swelled to the thousands.

Paris

Sydney and Melbourne

Tokyo

Vancouver

Rome

Auckland

Bologna

Lisbon

Dublin

Stockholm

Amsterdam

More cities around the world have protests scheduled for this week.