Tens of thousands of people across several cities in Europe and Asia took to the streets to express their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the US.
Large protests were held in London despite government advice to avoid gatherings due to the risk of coronavirus.
The largely peaceful protests saw people holding placards reading "Black Lives Matter" outside the parliament.
Meanwhile, in the German city of Hamburg, police used pepper spray to disperse large crowds gathered in honour of George Floyd.
Protestors in Paris were also seen ignoring government order to ban demonstrations and gathering at the Place de la Concorde, close to the Embassy.
Protests were also held in Warsaw, Berlin, Brisbane, Sydney, Tokyo, Seoul and Bangkok.
In the US, protestors gathered across several cities for the 12th straight day to demand an end to police brutality and racism.
A Russian attack on Ukraine's southern Odesa region killed two people and injured three overnight, Ukraine's emergency service and a government official said on Monday.
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was "pivotal" in the murder of thousands of people during his rule, prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Monday, as they pushed for his trial to go ahead.
Children across parts of the US Northeast will stay home on Monday as a powerful winter storm forced school closures and pushed offices and transit systems onto emergency schedules, with officials across the region warning of dangerous travel conditions.
A passenger bus plunged 200 metres (650 feet) from a mountainous road in west Nepal before dawn on Monday, killing 19 people including three foreign nationals.
Human rights are under assault worldwide, the United Nations chief warned on Monday, citing widespread abuses of international law and devastating civilian suffering in conflicts in Sudan, Gaza and Ukraine.