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Commemorations Of The 81st Anniversary Of The Massacres Of May 8, 1945 In Algeria

Benjamin Stora (center) participates in the commemoration of the anniversary of the events in Setif in 1945, in Setif, Algeria, on May 8, 2026. Algeria commemorates the events that began on May 8, 1945, when police opened fire on nationalist party demonstrators demanding an end to French colonization in exchange for their involvement in World War II. According to the Algerian government, the violence that persisted until June 1945 resulted in approximately 45,000 deaths. (Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/NurPhoto)