Student protests mostly muted; some arrests on Virginia campus
Voice of America
Police take down tents and detain protesters at the University of Virginia on May 4, 2024, in Charlottesville, Va. Police take down tents and detain protesters from at the University of Virginia on May 4, 2024, in Charlottesville, Va.
Twenty-five people were arrested Saturday for trespassing at the University of Virginia after police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters who refused to remove tents from campus, and demonstrators at the University of Michigan chanted anti-war messages and waved flags during commencement ceremonies.
A visitor walks along on a beach equipped with anti-landing barricades, with the Chinese city of Xiamen seen in the background, in the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen islands, in Kinmen on May 17, 2024. Tourists pose for photos as they visit a scenic spot on Pingtan island, the closest point in China to Taiwan’s main island, in Fujian province on May 18, 2024.