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This screengrab from AFPTV video footage taken on May 2, 2021 shows protesters making the three-finger salute as they take part in a flash mob as part of demonstrations against the military coup on "Global Myanmar Spring Revolution Day" in Yangon. (Photo by - / AFPTV / AFP) (Photo by -/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images)
A demonstrator holds up their hands during clashes with riot police during a protest against a proposed government tax reform in Cali, Colombia, on May 3, 2021. - Protesters in Colombia on May 3 called for a new mass rally after 19 people died and more than 800 were wounded in clashes during five days of demonstrations against a proposed government tax reform. Faced with the unrest, the government of President Ivan Duque on May 2 ordered the tax reform proposal be withdrawn from Congress, where it was being debated. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images)