Protests in Brussels against private celebrations of the US 250th anniversary organised by the US Ambassy at the Cinquantenaire Park.
A street photography album by Hélène Cook Photography.
A woman holding a human size Donald Trump cardboard figure with a sign reading Together we can destroy all life on earthA demonstrater whose face is hidden by a fool's hat is fixing at his waist a gigantic portrait of Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez with a Fuck Trump slogan on his chest.A woman proudly shows a placard with the words "Too Close to Trump" in reference to Philippe Close the Brussels mayor who authorised the US anniversary event at Cinquantenaire Parc.Two demonstrators shouting Fuck Trump on a megaphone.A man in a Hawaïan shirt holding a big white flag with the drawing of a soldier covered in US colors and with the slogan "United States 250 years of wars and oppression"A placard placed closed to a flower bed. It reads "Democrats 4 democracy", "Hello from the hell hole" (in reference to a comment Trump made about Brussels after the terrorist attacks of 2016, "Heil the Eelone Musk", "Hegseth" with pictures of bottles.A man is holding a placard reading "We the people stand against fascism and tyranny" and a flag with the Extinction Rebellion logo.Two men talking. One is wearing a black T-shirt with a US flag and a caption that reads "Unable to annex Greenland or defeat Iran, Donald Trump decided that the Cinquantenaire Park would be an honorable second choice."Demonstrators are dancing joyfully to music with colorfuls placards in the background.Demonstration organisers are motivating the crowd to sing along. A man in the foreground is playing a flute.A young man is holding a placard reading "Brussels welcomes people, not fascism".A group of very serious looking young women are holding signs reading "Non assistance délibérée à humanité en danger", "il fait trop facho!" (there was a heatwave in Brussels that week), "votre inaction tue".An old man is olding a big found placard with the drowing of a skull with a banknote in the background and with the words "Family business potential corruption? Special dealings".Some demonstrators holding Extinction rebellion flags stands behind a placard saying keep the planet blue and green.An old man holds a placard reading "Threatened or attacked by 'King' Donald: Gaza, Cuba, Venezuela, Groenland, Mexico, Canada, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Columbia... Are we next?".Demonstrators covered in colourful flags.A young woman holding a placard with the drawing of a birthday cake placed on a burning Code of international law with the words "250 candles but zero respect for our global community".A woman with a determined face and wearing a T-shirt with an anti-fascist slogan in italian holds a placard that reads "Europeans repudiate warmongers".A picture of the crowd of demonstrators from behind with a woman covered in an EU flag in one corner and a woman preparing a placard with a drawing of the Cinquantenaire Parc Arch with the words "Stop privatisation".Demonstration organisers holding a big white banner with the words "eat, shit, bill". Next to them a placard with a waving and grinning Trump holding a placard with the words "Together we can destroy all life on earth".Demonstrators holding signs with US colors reading "Trump go home", "USA from genocide to ecocide", "no facism, no imperialism".Demonstrators listening to musicians with placards reading "Melt ice" "Now in Europe" in the foreground.Two women hiding behind a placard saying "Government of the people, by the people, for the people", US citizens: are you registed to vote? Vote from abroad.org".The crowd of demonstrators from behind with the Cinquantenaire Arch and a cardboard statue of liberty in the background. Among the placards a black and white "Free Palestine!" drawing and and a Palestinian flag.A woman seen from behind holding a placard reading "Europeans repudiate warmongers".