Nakba protests and rallies around the world - in pictures


  • Pro-Palestinian activists take part in a protest on Nakba Day in New York. AFP
    Pro-Palestinian activists take part in a protest on Nakba Day in New York. AFP
  • A girl holds a mock-up of a key, symbolising the homes Palestinians left during the Nakba, their 1948 forced displacement during the creation of Israel, at a demonstration in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. AFP
    A girl holds a mock-up of a key, symbolising the homes Palestinians left during the Nakba, their 1948 forced displacement during the creation of Israel, at a demonstration in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. AFP
  • Musicians take part in a protest concert with the motto: No Stage for Genocide, on Nakba Day, in Vienna, Austria. Reuters
    Musicians take part in a protest concert with the motto: No Stage for Genocide, on Nakba Day, in Vienna, Austria. Reuters
  • Pro-Palestinian supporters hold placards during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
    Pro-Palestinian supporters hold placards during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
  • A rally in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
    A rally in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
  • An event in Zawayda, in central Gaza. Reuters
    An event in Zawayda, in central Gaza. Reuters
  • A Nakba commemoration in the Dominicus Church in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. EPA
    A Nakba commemoration in the Dominicus Church in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. EPA
  • A protester waves a flare during a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in Athens, Greece. AFP
    A protester waves a flare during a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in Athens, Greece. AFP
  • A demonstrator holds up a ukelele painted in the colours of a watermelon during a Nakba Remembrance Day ceremony organised by Arab-Israeli students and left-wing Israeli activists on the Tel Aviv University campus in Israel. AFP
    A demonstrator holds up a ukelele painted in the colours of a watermelon during a Nakba Remembrance Day ceremony organised by Arab-Israeli students and left-wing Israeli activists on the Tel Aviv University campus in Israel. AFP