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#12289520

21 April 2025

Large graffiti reading ''NEIN ZUR WEHRPFLICHT'' (''No to compulsory military service'') is painted on a riverside wall along the Danube in Regensburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, on April 19, 2025. Pedestrians are visible above and below the wall, near a moored museum boat.

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#12218610

1 April 2025

Writing on a fence nare parliament calling attacks on pro-abortion activists Catholic terrorism is seen in Warsaw, Poland on 31 March, 2025.

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#12218588

1 April 2025

A banner advertising far-right presidential candidate Slawomir Mentzen marked with text reading 'be a human being' and his faces crossed out is seen in Warsaw, Poland on 31 March, 2025.

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#12218587

1 April 2025

A banner advertising far-right presidential candidate Slawomir Mentzen marked with text reading 'be a human being' and his faces crossed out is seen in Warsaw, Poland on 31 March, 2025.

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#12173209

19 March 2025

An activist in Munich, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Germany, on November 28, 2020, holds a sign reading 'Das Grundgesetz ist tot' ('The Basic Law is dead'). The man criticizes government policies in the context of COVID-19 restrictions.

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#12163707

16 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 12: An activist carries placard with inscription'World Economic Forum, New World Order, Agenda 2030, Great Reset' in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on March 12, 2025.

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#12117152

3 March 2025

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - FEBRUARY 20: Graffiti with the phrase 'Boicot Israhell' seen on a wall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on February 20, 2025.

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#12081467

22 February 2025

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - FEBRUARY 20: Graffiti with the phrase 'Boicot Israhell' seen on a wall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on February 20, 2025.

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#11886020

21 December 2024

A Starbucks Coffee shop sign bears a sticker that reads ''Boycott Israeli Apartheid'' in Warsaw, Poland, on December 21, 2024.

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#11770213

12 November 2024

The Soviet War Memorial in Treptow Park in Berlin, Germany, on September 30, 2022, is the largest memorial to the fallen soldiers of the Red Army in Germany, inaugurated on May 8, 1949. It serves as both a commemorative monument and a military cemetery where over 7,000 Red Army soldiers are buried. Recently, the memorial becomes the target of graffiti protests, reflecting current geopolitical tensions in the region. At the beginning of April 2022, unknown persons graffiti the memorial with anti-Russian slogans, spraying messages such as 'Ukrainian Blood on Russian Hands' or 'Death to all Russians' on the pedestal in red paint. A few days later, they add the 'Z' symbol and slogans such as 'Murderer' or 'Orcs'. The memorial is since then under increased surveillance. In several places in Germany, there are calls to tear down Soviet memorials in the country, sparking a public debate that is highly controversial in light of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. Due to the completion of the monument in May 1949, discussions flare up anew every year in May.

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#11770214

12 November 2024

The Soviet War Memorial in Treptow Park in Berlin, Germany, on September 30, 2022, is the largest memorial to the fallen soldiers of the Red Army in Germany, inaugurated on May 8, 1949. It serves as both a commemorative monument and a military cemetery where over 7,000 Red Army soldiers are buried. Recently, the memorial becomes the target of graffiti protests, reflecting current geopolitical tensions in the region. At the beginning of April 2022, unknown persons graffiti the memorial with anti-Russian slogans, spraying messages such as 'Ukrainian Blood on Russian Hands' or 'Death to all Russians' on the pedestal in red paint. A few days later, they add the 'Z' symbol and slogans such as 'Murderer' or 'Orcs'. The memorial is since then under increased surveillance. In several places in Germany, there are calls to tear down Soviet memorials in the country, sparking a public debate that is highly controversial in light of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. Due to the completion of the monument in May 1949, discussions flare up anew every year in May.

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#11770217

12 November 2024

The Soviet War Memorial in Treptow Park in Berlin, Germany, on September 30, 2022, is the largest memorial to the fallen soldiers of the Red Army in Germany, inaugurated on May 8, 1949. It serves as both a commemorative monument and a military cemetery where over 7,000 Red Army soldiers are buried. Recently, the memorial becomes the target of graffiti protests, reflecting current geopolitical tensions in the region. At the beginning of April 2022, unknown persons graffiti the memorial with anti-Russian slogans, spraying messages such as 'Ukrainian Blood on Russian Hands' or 'Death to all Russians' on the pedestal in red paint. A few days later, they add the 'Z' symbol and slogans such as 'Murderer' or 'Orcs'. The memorial is since then under increased surveillance. In several places in Germany, there are calls to tear down Soviet memorials in the country, sparking a public debate that is highly controversial in light of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. Due to the completion of the monument in May 1949, discussions flare up anew every year in May.

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#11770221

12 November 2024

The Soviet War Memorial in Treptow Park in Berlin, Germany, on September 30, 2022, is the largest memorial to the fallen soldiers of the Red Army in Germany, inaugurated on May 8, 1949. It serves as both a commemorative monument and a military cemetery where over 7,000 Red Army soldiers are buried. Recently, the memorial becomes the target of graffiti protests, reflecting current geopolitical tensions in the region. At the beginning of April 2022, unknown persons graffiti the memorial with anti-Russian slogans, spraying messages such as 'Ukrainian Blood on Russian Hands' or 'Death to all Russians' on the pedestal in red paint. A few days later, they add the 'Z' symbol and slogans such as 'Murderer' or 'Orcs'. The memorial is since then under increased surveillance. In several places in Germany, there are calls to tear down Soviet memorials in the country, sparking a public debate that is highly controversial in light of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. Due to the completion of the monument in May 1949, discussions flare up anew every year in May.

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#11770224

12 November 2024

The Soviet War Memorial in Treptow Park in Berlin, Germany, on September 30, 2022, is the largest memorial to the fallen soldiers of the Red Army in Germany, inaugurated on May 8, 1949. It serves as both a commemorative monument and a military cemetery where over 7,000 Red Army soldiers are buried. Recently, the memorial becomes the target of graffiti protests, reflecting current geopolitical tensions in the region. At the beginning of April 2022, unknown persons graffiti the memorial with anti-Russian slogans, spraying messages such as 'Ukrainian Blood on Russian Hands' or 'Death to all Russians' on the pedestal in red paint. A few days later, they add the 'Z' symbol and slogans such as 'Murderer' or 'Orcs'. The memorial is since then under increased surveillance. In several places in Germany, there are calls to tear down Soviet memorials in the country, sparking a public debate that is highly controversial in light of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. Due to the completion of the monument in May 1949, discussions flare up anew every year in May.

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#11770226

12 November 2024

The Soviet War Memorial in Treptow Park in Berlin, Germany, on September 30, 2022, is the largest memorial to the fallen soldiers of the Red Army in Germany, inaugurated on May 8, 1949. It serves as both a commemorative monument and a military cemetery where over 7,000 Red Army soldiers are buried. Recently, the memorial becomes the target of graffiti protests, reflecting current geopolitical tensions in the region. At the beginning of April 2022, unknown persons graffiti the memorial with anti-Russian slogans, spraying messages such as 'Ukrainian Blood on Russian Hands' or 'Death to all Russians' on the pedestal in red paint. A few days later, they add the 'Z' symbol and slogans such as 'Murderer' or 'Orcs'. The memorial is since then under increased surveillance. In several places in Germany, there are calls to tear down Soviet memorials in the country, sparking a public debate that is highly controversial in light of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. Due to the completion of the monument in May 1949, discussions flare up anew every year in May.

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#11770227

12 November 2024

The Soviet War Memorial in Treptow Park in Berlin, Germany, on September 30, 2022, is the largest memorial to the fallen soldiers of the Red Army in Germany, inaugurated on May 8, 1949. It serves as both a commemorative monument and a military cemetery where over 7,000 Red Army soldiers are buried. Recently, the memorial becomes the target of graffiti protests, reflecting current geopolitical tensions in the region. At the beginning of April 2022, unknown persons graffiti the memorial with anti-Russian slogans, spraying messages such as 'Ukrainian Blood on Russian Hands' or 'Death to all Russians' on the pedestal in red paint. A few days later, they add the 'Z' symbol and slogans such as 'Murderer' or 'Orcs'. The memorial is since then under increased surveillance. In several places in Germany, there are calls to tear down Soviet memorials in the country, sparking a public debate that is highly controversial in light of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. Due to the completion of the monument in May 1949, discussions flare up anew every year in May.

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