"visual defacement"

#13290150

8 February 2026

The reflection of two walking legs appears above the smiling face of a woman in an advertising poster, while three passersby move through the space with only their legs visible, creating a layered scene of reflection, movement, and visual contrast in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on February 6, 2026.

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#12669193

24 August 2025

Graffiti is scratched into the paint of a bridge structure along Main Street in Erin, Ontario, on August 23, 2025.

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#12615272

4 August 2025

A protester from Rage Against the Regime defaces a mailbox.

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#12611152

3 August 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 21: A defaced Canadian flag sticker with an unknown protest symbol seen during the KDays festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 21, 2025.

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#12600614

31 July 2025

Some red paint remains on the facade and main sign of The New York Times Building in New York City, United States, on July 30, 2025, hours after workers begin efforts with heavy equipment to remove it. The incident is first discovered in the early morning hours of July 30, with the words ''NYT Lies Gaza Dies.''

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#12600616

31 July 2025

Some red paint remains on the facade and main sign of The New York Times Building in New York City, United States, on July 30, 2025, hours after workers begin efforts with heavy equipment to remove it. The incident is first discovered in the early morning hours of July 30, with the words ''NYT Lies Gaza Dies.''

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#12413463

26 May 2025

The Berlin-based carsharing company Miles reports repeated incidents of vandalism, where rental vans are defaced with a white marker. The altered lettering changes the company name into offensive or misleading messages in Munich, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Germany, on May 24, 2025.

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#12251159

11 April 2025

A man carrying a bag walks up a stairwell surrounded by reflective surfaces in Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, on August 13, 2022. The geometric architecture and mirrored walls create multiple reflections, enhancing the visual complexity of the urban setting.

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#12251158

11 April 2025

A man with a backpack walks up the stairs inside a train station in Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, on August 13, 2022. Reflections on the glossy black walls and columns emphasize the station's modern architectural style.

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#12107765

1 March 2025

A swastika and a sticker reading 'shitty racist association' appear on a damaged electoral billboard of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) Chancellor Candidate Friedrich Merz in Berlin, Germany, on March 1, 2025.

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#12101746

27 February 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - FEBRUARY 25: A partially vandalized Covid-19 related graffiti in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on February 25, 2025.

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#11995072

29 January 2025

In Herrsching, Starnberg, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, on November 8, 2020, an elderly woman in a thick coat and headscarf pulls a red-dotted shopping cart as she walks past a graffiti-covered urban structure. The scene captures the contrast between aging and modern decay in the city, with warning signs on the doors, electricity boxes covered in tags, and a worn façade. The themes of loneliness, urban life, and resilience in a barren cityscape are emphasized.

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#11829793

3 December 2024

A man walks past a government building with a defaced picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria, on December 1, 2024.

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#11473090

13 August 2024

KRAKOW, POLAND - AUGUST 12, 2024: A building facade defaced with large graffiti in Krakow's Kazimierz district, on August 12, 2024, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

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#11461071

8 August 2024

Students are erasing graffiti from a wall following former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's departure from the country in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 7, 2024.

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#11461072

8 August 2024

Students are erasing graffiti from a wall following former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's departure from the country in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 7, 2024.

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