Demonstrators and police clashed this weekend as anguish and rage swept through cities across the U.S. in response to the death of George Floyd. Protesters were tear-gassed, police cars destroyed, buildings vandalized and businesses looted in some of the nation's worst civil unrest in years.
Here's a look at some of the cities.
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![Police officers stand in a line amid protesters in Raleigh, N.C.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/6a31d19/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1572x968+75+0/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fraleighjasondebruynwuncpoliceline_wide-f0794b1f7a26588cd98a865effcc0cbd4c6bb1d9.jpg)
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![People take pictures of a destroyed Wells Fargo bank branch in Minneapolis during continued demonstrations on Saturday against the death of George Floyd in police custody.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/6c3abc9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1848+0+122/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fminneapolis4538ju-edit_custom-27410150ccae2d889802b569efdb7816aec51602.jpg)
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![At a rally on Saturday, protesters march and carry signs in New York's West Village as they demonstrate in outrage over the death of George Floyd.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/68cff13/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2464+0+100/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fnycgettyimages-1216401534_custom-4a7c423474d2434a3d1474d603027145d346a103.jpg)
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![George Floyd's niece Gabrielle Thompson (center) cries as she hugs another woman during a Justice for George Floyd event in Houston on Saturday.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/9322d82/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6512x4011+0+168/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fhoustongettyimages-1216403555_custom-079539d1e5f541114850658293e5028d2d873da4.jpg)
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![Protesters sit at an intersection during a protest over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky. Taylor, a black woman, was fatally shot by Louisville police in her home in March.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/b94bd44/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4155x2559+0+104/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fap_20152103803602-edit_custom-9252964de1b1b4a8b0694c824448adf14cdd371a.jpg)
Darron Cummings
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AP
![A couple wears masks that read "I Can't Breathe" during a demonstration in Minneapolis on Saturday.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/472ce2d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2994x1844+0+103/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fminneapolis8303ju-edit_custom-2724e743f6b774bc8b2fcc37ab742fc23f919442.jpg)
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![A man kicks a damaged police vehicle in Los Angeles on Saturday following a protest against the death of George Floyd. Clashes broke out and major cities imposed curfews as America began another night of unrest on Saturday.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/c58b30f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4500x2772+0+113/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Flagettyimages-1216479262_custom-ce2a5bc87b411f2fa2a4169d38f391ab045ecfc6.jpg)
Ariana Drehsler
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![Portraits of George Floyd have become a fresh symbol of police brutality against black people, and a sign reading, "Racism kills, here, there and all over the world," hung on the fence of the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on Saturday.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/ddb1097/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4927x3035+0+123/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fmexicogettyimages-1216401224_custom-4e9dca13bdb27bb5464fecbfbad19109dbc99c4c.jpg)
Pedro Pardo
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![A woman is pepper-sprayed by law enforcement in Minneapolis during a demonstration against the death of George Floyd.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/ab4dfea/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1848+0+112/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fminneapolis8351ju-edit_custom-94fe340890f4d56edf71082e19c25226f7d1be08.jpg)
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![A woman is assisted after being struck with pepper spray by law enforcement in Minneapolis.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/a50a892/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1848+0+99/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fminneapolis4729ju-edit_custom-3e7f3198616702be9bca0e6bc7e93e4c2de45f6e.jpg)
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![Demonstrators are detained by police during a protest in Atlanta. The protest started peacefully earlier in the day before demonstrators and police clashed.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/b674c64/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4157x2560+0+104/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fap_20152065082283_custom-e53fbcd85d2b2ee1881094f637f510c1f4aaf771.jpg)
Brynn Anderson
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AP
![A man walks past a vandalized business during the Justice for George Floyd protest in Philadelphia on Saturday night.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/4ff15ac/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4412x2717+0+144/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fap_20152154977031_custom-5c710bf06a877cef10dfc3f654506d38ce162b66.jpg)
Matt Slocum
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AP
![A firecracker thrown by protesters explodes among police officers near the White House.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/8e86ac6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3759x2315+0+252/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fdcgettyimages-1216479414-1a599818dc84e54a829f1d36d96a64295192f1cc.jpg)
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![Protesters gather in Richmond, Va., on Saturday night.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/fdaa356/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1848+0+75/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2F2020_2905_virginiapublicmedia_colemanjennings_5_custom-d61c1822cef357af17fe813bab21bc1e60db38ef.jpg)
Coleman Jennings
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Virginia Public Media
![A protester adds material to a fire engulfing a building that once housed a check-cashing business in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/760b6dc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3446x2122+0+86/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F05%2F31%2Fap_20151510758506_custom-b366145d74da9d1a5b9e3e4f44313d4c78acab42.jpg)
John Minchillo
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AP