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George Floyd remembered around the world in posters, murals and other street art

Artists from around the world pay tribute to George Floyd, a Black man who died in Minneapolis aftera white police officer kneeled on his neckfor nearly nine minutes on May 25, 2020.

Trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin gets underway Monday

A makeshift memorial for George Floyd placed in his former Houston neighbourhood, the Third Ward, is shown on June 10, 2020. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

Protests sparked by the death of George Floyd have inspired art around the worldfrom murals in Athens and Karachi to street art in Montreal.

Video of Floyd's fatal arrest in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, prompted widespread protestsacross the United States, Canada and other countries.A Minnesota medical examiner has since ruled his death a homicide, andformer police officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.The other three ex-officers involved will be tried togetherin the summer on aiding and abetting charges.

As Chauvin's trialbegins on Monday in Minneapolis, here's a look at the murals, posters and other artwork created to pay tribute to Floyd.

Raised fists

Protesters raise their fists in front of the now-iconic mural on the side ofCup Foods convenience storenearthe scene of Floyd'sarrestin Minneapolis onJune 4, 2020.

(Adam Bettcher/Reuters)

Community members and visitors gather around the site where Floyd was taken into police custody, which becamea memorial and community area, in Minneapolis on June 11, 2020.

(Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters)

Many stores in the New York City area were boarded up after looting followingFloyd's death. Here, achild rides a scooter past a mural by artists Malik Crawford and Jerome Tiunayan on a boarded-up store in Union Squareon June 15, 2020.

(Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

'I can't breathe' murals

The artist Celos paints a mural in downtown Los Angeles on May 30, 2020, in protest against Floyd's death.

(Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images)

A woman looks at a mural painted on a section of Israel's separation barrier in the townof Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on June 10, 2020.

(Musa Al Shaer/AFP/Getty Images)

A cat passes a mural by Greek visual artist Hambasin Athens on June 16, 2020.

(Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Artists Aziz Asmr, left, and Anis Hamdounpainttheir muralof Floyd on what's left of a bombedbuilding in Idlib, Syria, on June 1, 2020.

(Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images)

Depicting Floyd as angel, martyr

People stand in front of a mural by artistDonkeeboy and his mother, Donkeemom, in Floyd's former Houston neighbourhood, the Third Wave,on June 8, 2020.

(Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

A woman takes a selfie next to a street poster by Italian urban artist Salvatore Benintende(a.k.a.TVBOY)depicting Floyd with angel wings and holding a stop sign against racism, inBarcelona on May 31, 2020.

(Pau Barrena/AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinian artist Ayman al-Housari paints a mural of Floyd in Gaza City on June 16, 2020.

(Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images)

Pakistani artist Haider Ali paints aportrait of Floyd on the wall of his home in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 12, 2020.

(Fareed Khan/The Associated Press)

Painting the streets

Minneapolis residents Byron Anfinson, in blue, and Innocence Johnson, 10, right, paint a mural together on June 4, 2020, at Floyd's memorial site during the first morning after all four police officers involved werecriminally charged in hisdeathfollowinga week of nationwide protests.

(Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters)

The words "All Black Lives Matter"are painted on Hollywood Boulevardbeforea solidarity march between the LGBTQ+ and Black Lives Matter communities in Hollywood, Calif.,onJune 14, 2020.

(Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

A bird's-eye view shows aBlack Lives Matter muralin French onSte-Catherine Street in Montreal on July 15, 2020.The mural by about 20 local artistswason display all summer in support of the anti-Black racism movement.

(Eric Thomas/AFP/Getty Images)

Snow sculpture, other tributes

Timothe de Sandro puts the finishing touches on a snow sculpture of Floyd in front of his house onDec. 23, 2020, in Quebec City. De Sandro was shaken by Floyd's death and wanted to pay tribute to him.

(Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)

An artist from Gurukul art school works on a poster paying tribute to Floydin MumbaionJune 11, 2020.

(Rajanish Kakade/The Associated Press)

Artist Akse works on a mural of Floyd atStevenson Square inManchester, U.K., on June 3, 2020.

(Phil Noble/Reuters)