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Ukraine’s Independence Day celebrated across the world

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Aug 25, 2022

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Hundreds of people flooded the streets of Athens, Greece to wave Ukrainian flags on Aug. 24, 2022.
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.
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.
AP

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Tears steam down Krystyna Kopaczewska's face during a Ukrainian Independence Day speech in London on Aug. 24, 2022.
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.
Thousands took to the streets in Warsaw, Poland to take part in a pro-Ukraine rally on Aug. 24, 2022.
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Italians held up a Ukrainian flag that stretched out for dozens of feet.
Outside the Colosseum in Rome, members of the Ukrainian community participated in a “march for freedom” on Aug. 24, 2022.
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The rally took place in the city's Habima Square.
Two people huddle next to each other draped in Ukrainian flags in Tel Aviv, Israel on Aug. 24, 2022.
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Dozens of people traveled the route of the march to support Ukrainian independence.
People march from the Volodomyr Velacky monument to the Holodmor plaque at Calton Hillin Edinburgh, Scotland on Aug. 24, 2022.
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Zelensky canceled Kyiv's planned parades in fear of Russian attack.
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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Czech citizens have pushed back against their government's reluctance to support Ukrainian refugees.
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.
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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Italians during Wednesday's "March for Freedom."
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.
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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