Posts Tagged ‘protests’

POTD: Getty Images – Most Moving Images of 2014 number 6

Saturday, January 10th, 2015

The sixth most moving image of 2014 on Getty Images – as voted by the global public – is a photo by Alexander Koerner in the midst of escalating violence as protests in Kiev, Ukraine, continued.

Fires burn as anti-government protesters clash with police on February 18, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Photo taken by Alexander Koerner.

Fires burn as anti-government protesters clash with police on February 18, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Photo taken by Alexander Koerner.

At the time the photo was taken, violent clashes had once again erupted in the city of Kiev during anti-government protests with reports at the time claiming 18 deaths, including two policemen.

* Photo and text from Getty Images.

POTD: Getty Images – Most Moving Images of 2014 number 5

Friday, January 9th, 2015

The fifth most moving image of 2014 on Getty Images – as voted by the global public – is a photo by Scott Olson in the Missouri town of Ferguson following the police shooting of an 18-yr-old man.

Police force protesters from the business district into nearby neighborhoods on August 11, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Photo taken by Scott Olson.

Police force protesters from the business district into nearby neighborhoods on August 11, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Photo taken by Scott Olson.

Police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets as outraged residents and their supporters protested the shooting by police of an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown who was killed Saturday in this suburban St. Louis community.

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