Inspiring images from the many, many protests of 2016

From New York City to Melbourne, and North Dakota to Nicaragua, citizens across the globe who were fed up with racism, war, environmental catastrophes, and threats to a woman’s right to choose took their anger to the streets. 2016 was a year marked by protest, and Fusion has all the powerful images to prove it.

Flint, Michigan: February 19, 2016

Anaheim, California: May 25, 2016

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: July 9, 2016

London: July 10, 2016

Denver, Colorado: July 11, 2016

Melbourne, Australia: July 17, 2016

Cannon Ball, North Dakota: September 3, 2016

San Cristobal, Venezuela: September 7, 2016

Santa Clara, California: September 12, 2016

Charlotte, North Carolina: September 21, 2016

Mexico City, Mexico: September 25, 2016

Warsaw, Poland: October 3, 2016

Bogota, Colombia: October 20, 2016

Cannon Ball, North Dakota: November 2, 2016

Cannon Ball, North Dakota: November 2, 2016

New York City: November 3, 2016

Los Angeles, California: November 9, 2016

Chicago, Illinois: November 19, 2016

Brooklyn, New York: November 20, 2016

New York City: November 24, 2016

Managua, Nicaragua: December 1, 2016

Cannon Ball, North Dakota: December 5, 2016

Elena Scotti is a New York-based visual artist and Fusion’s senior photo editor and illustrator. She eats more pizza than your entire family combined.

Collier Meyerson is a reporter at Fusion with a focus on race and politics. She lives in Brooklyn.