Thousands of people took to the streets in parts of Shanghai, Beijing and other cities in China on Sunday to protest the country's harsh zero- Covid policy.
The frame grab from the video footage was made available by Agence France Television.
A protest took place in the Chinese city of Urumqi on Sunday after people shouted slogans demanding the lifting of curfews across the country.
The death of at least 10 people in a fire in a building in Urumqi, the locked-down capital of the region, has served as a catalyst for the protest against China's anti-pandemic rules.
The police barricaded the area as they tried to evacuate the area of protesters who were chanting "down with the party, down with the president."
At Beijing's Tsinghua University, people held up blank pieces of paper to protest against censorship as they chanted for freedom of expression.
Similar protests led by university students were seen in other cities.
35,181. The number of new Covid-19 cases reported by China on Saturday was its highest single-day case number since the beginning of the Pandemic. This will call into question the effectiveness of the mass testing which has failed to curb the caseload while causing a number of problems in affected areas including access to food and healthcare.
The protests over the weekend will be the biggest challenge faced by China's leader since the beginning of the Pandemic. During the current protests, he is one of the targets of anger because of his support of zero- Covid. The protests will put immense pressure on him to back down from his stance. A move to crack down on protesters across the country could backfire and lead to larger protests.
Anger over China's COVID curbs has led to protests in Beijing.
There are protests over Covid Controls in other Chinese cities.
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