On the 15th day of the largest and most determined protests ever in independent Belarus, a crowd of about 200,000 rallied against President Alexander Lukashenko in a square in Minsk, the capital. Protests started Aug. 9 after a presidential election that officials say handed the 65-year-old Lukashenko his sixth term in office with 80 per cent voter approval. Belarus President (for now) Lukashenko with body armor and as assault rifle. #StandWithBelarus pic.twitter.com/wC7ALtxmvX —@ianbremmerOn Sunday afternoon, an opposition rally overflowed Minsk's sprawling seven-hectare Independence Square. A woman waves an old Belarusian national flag from the roof of a building overlooking protesters in Minsk on Sunday.

Source: CBC News August 23, 2020 15:34 UTC