Hundreds of people flooded the streets of Athens, Greece to wave Ukrainian flags on Aug. 24, 2022.
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A Ukrainian refugee poses back dropped by Ukraine’s flag during an event marking the country’s Independence Day and the six-month milestone of Russia’s invasion, in Bucharest, Romania on Aug. 24, 2022.
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Tears steam down Krystyna Kopaczewska’s face during a Ukrainian Independence Day speech in London on Aug. 24, 2022.
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Thousands took to the streets in Warsaw, Poland to take part in a pro-Ukraine rally on Aug. 24, 2022.
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Outside the Colosseum in Rome, members of the Ukrainian community participated in a “march for freedom” on Aug. 24, 2022.
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Two people huddle next to each other draped in Ukrainian flags in Tel Aviv, Israel on Aug. 24, 2022.
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People march from the Volodomyr Velacky monument to the Holodmor plaque at Calton Hillin Edinburgh, Scotland on Aug. 24, 2022.
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While public parades were canceled, individual Ukrainians took part in their own celebrations like these people who marched with a Ukrainian flag to former Soviet monuments in Kyiv on Aug. 24, 2022.
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A young woman holds a sign at a Ukrainian Independence Day celebration in Prague, Czech Republic on Aug. 24, 2022.
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Hundreds unfurl a giant Ukrainian flag on Ukraine Independence Day in Central Park on Aug. 24, 2022 in New York City.
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Thousands of people came out to show their support for Ukraine on the country’s Independence Day Wednesday.
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Ukrainian people living in Krakow area are seen during the Freedom March in Krakow’s City Center, on the Ukraine’s Independence Day on Aug. 24, 2022, in Poland.
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