Look Again: The day's most compelling images from around the globe

Fascinating world views from the protests in Charlotte to an anti-Trump "Battle Bus" in London

Published September 21, 2016 6:24PM (EDT)

CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 21: Police officers face off with protestors  on the I-85 (Interstate 85) during protests following the death of a man shot by a police officer on September 21, 2016 in Charlotte, NC. The protests began the previous night following the fatal shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott at an apartment complex near UNC Charlotte. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 21: Police officers face off with protestors on the I-85 (Interstate 85) during protests following the death of a man shot by a police officer on September 21, 2016 in Charlotte, NC. The protests began the previous night following the fatal shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott at an apartment complex near UNC Charlotte. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

Look Again is a daily series presenting the best photographs of the previous 24 hours, curated and written by Salon's writers and editors.

 

London, England   Daniel Leal-Olivas/Getty
Activists wave US flags as they ride on a "Stop Trump" battle bus

Donald Trump, who once referred to himself as Mr. Brexit, is getting little love from across the pond. A "Stop Trump" bus paraded pass the Houses of Parliament in London today, a marketing ploy to encourage American expats to vote in the presidential election. Activists were seen waving the U.S. flag, and since they were on an anti-Trump bus, it was probably the first time a Brit felt pride seeing the Stars and Stripes.

–Taylor Link, editorial intern

 

Nijampet, India   Noah Seelam/Getty
Indian residents carry their belongings along a flooded street, following heavy rain

If you happen to be a person who doesn't believe in climate change, I would urge you to do a search for "flooding" in one of the major news photo sites. You will see catastrophic images from India, Greece, Russia, North Carolina, Indonesia, Mexico, North Korea, Louisiana, Maui, The Philippines... and that's just from September.

–Benjamin Wheelock, art director

 

Florence, Italy   Gabriel Bouys/Getty
Ai Weiwei's first major retrospective, "Libero," at the Palazzo Strozzi

The artist Ai Weiwei has done a number of things to defy the regime in his native China, leading to arrests, the seizing of his property by police, and jail time. But now the artist is being hailed with his first Italian retrospective, which opens Friday at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence.

–Scott Timberg, culture writer

 

Charlotte, NC   Sean Rayford/Getty
Police officers face off with protestors following the fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott

Johannesburg, South Africa   Themba Hadebe/AP
Students run for cover as police fire stun grenades and rubber bullets in an attempt to disperse them during a protest

Looking at these two photos, taken at events that happened within the last 24 hours – one, from a student protest in Johannesburg, South Africa, the other shot at last night’s protests in Charlotte, which erupted following Keith Lamont Scott’s fatal shooting by police – it’s hard not to think about what Charles Moore would have thought. Made famous for chronicling the Civil Rights Movement starting in the late 1950s, Moore captured the images of men and women being brutalized with police dogs, billy clubs and firehoses through the early ‘60s, including taking photos of the famous Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965.

That was 51 years ago. Moore died in 2010. I wish I could talk to him about the fact that the same kind of horrifying violence and brave, peaceful resistance that he captured on film so many years ago, is still very much with us today.

–Melanie McFarland, TV critic


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