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Representation of a massacre of the Jews in the 1349 Anti-Jew riots, that was justified by allegations that Jews were behind the Black Death Epidemic. Antiquitates Flandriae (Royal Library of Belgium manuscript 1376/77).
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19th centuryEdit

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The New York City Draft Riots

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20th centuryEdit

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Bloody Sunday massacre in Saint Petersburg
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Captured Moplah prisoners taken after a battle with British troops in Moplah rebellion of 1921–22

1910sEdit

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1920sEdit

1930sEdit

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Fires rage during the Bonus Army March

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1940sEdit

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Dead and wounded after the 'Direct Action Day' battle between Hindus and Muslims

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Tram burning in Bogotá, April 9, 1948

1950sEdit

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1960sEdit

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1980sEdit

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21st centuryEdit

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2001–2009Edit

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Many of Ahmedabad's buildings were set on fire during the 2002 Gujarat violence

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  • 2004 – Chinese riot in response to a beating,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2004 – Citizens in Benghu riot in response to rising prices and poor healthcare,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2004 – Chinese soccer fans riot when a Japanese team wins the final,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> (Beijing, China)
  • 2004 – Rioters attack police station December 30<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2006 – Riot follows after a traffic accident incites violence,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2006 – Riot over a land dispute,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2006 – 2006 protests in Hungary
  • 2006 – The October 2006 Mangalore riots were a set of riots in Mangalore, India triggered after Hindu extremist group Bajrang Dal attacked a Van which was transporting cows. Government imposed a curfew for a week. Two people were killed and up to 50 people were injured.
  • 2006 – November 2006 Political Riots in Bangladesh. Violent clashes between the two major parties Bangladesh Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party including vandalism and arson attacks leave 40+ dead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2007 – Muslim–Han riot<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2007 – Romani riots<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2010sEdit

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  • 2010 – Times Square riots, New York City, NY, United States, 4 rioters shot, 54 arrested.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2010 – Riots in northeast India, 3 dead, 70 injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2010 – Riots in Bariloche, Argentina, 2 dead, 12 injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2010 – Riots in Yemen, 2 dead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2010 – Riots in Ecuador, 3 killed, 50 injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2010 – Riots in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, 5 dead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2010 – Prison Riots in Venezuela, 16 killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2010 – More student riots in London. Twelve police officers were injured with six requiring hospital treatment. 43 protesters injured, and 26 arrests made. Several buildings were attacked, including the Treasury, the Supreme Court and Topshop. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall car came under attack, smashing the window of the car and covered in paint.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2010 – Riots in Ivory Coast, at least 20 people have been killed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2010 – Riots in the Constitución neighborhood, Buenos Aires, Argentina.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2010 – Riots in Tunisia, 1 dead and several people injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2010 – New park riots – pupils riot in a newly built park, several injured in Glasgow, Scotland
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Protesters in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution of 2011

2011Edit

  • 2011 – Riots in Assam, Meghalaya, Northeast India, 4 dead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2011 – Riots in Ganjam, Odisha, India, at least 2 killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2011 – Riot in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, at least 7 killed in a prison riot.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2011 – Riots in Homs, Syria, at least 30 killed in sectarian violence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2011 – Riots in Mogadishu, Somalia, at least 10 killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2011 – Riots in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 6 killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2012Edit

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2013Edit

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2014Edit

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Tear gas being used against opposition protesters in Altamira, Caracas during the 2014 Venezuelan protests

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  • 2014 – 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina The 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a series of demonstrations and riots that began in the northern town of Tuzla on February 4, 2014, but quickly spread to multiple cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including Sarajevo, Zenica, Mostar.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2014 – Zhengzhou Airport riot, February 5–6 in China.<ref name="Zhengzhou Airport riot">Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2014 – Riots in Tampa, Florida After Cigar City Brewing Company prematurely ran out of beer at their annual release of their highly acclaimed Hunahpu's Imperial Stout, angry attendees began a small riot. Police were called to the scene and dispersed the angry crowd. The riot prompted the brewery's owners to cancel the event in the future. There were no deaths, but some injuries were reported.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2015 Baltimore protests following the death of Freddie Gray

2015Edit

  • 2015 – April 11: 2015 South African xenophobic riots breakout first in Durban then spreading to Johannesburg, South Africa targeting foreign immigrants, 7 dead.
  • 2015 – April 26: 2015 Baltimore riots erupted in Baltimore, Maryland, United States in response to the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody.
  • 2015 – July: Three days of riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland following the July 12 parade.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2015 – September 25: 100 Syrians and Afghans were fighting in a refugee station located in Leipzig, Germany during the Islamic Eid al-Adha festivities. 40 police vehicles were sent to calm the situation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2016Edit

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  • 2016 – May–June: A series of violent riots Melbourne, Australia between pro and anti-Islam protesters results in numerous acts of vandalism, injuries and arrests.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Millions protesting during the Mother of All Marches, part of the 2017 Venezuelan protests

2017Edit

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  • 2017 – Template:Interlanguage link: After the team of Morocco qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup with a 2–0 victory over Ivory Coast, the celebrations by the Moroccan community in Brussels turned into a riot with cars burnt and shops looted by some 300 rioters and 20 police officers injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> Firefighters sent to put out the fires were also attacked by the rioters.<ref name=":0" />
  • 2017 – November 29 – December 10: Tegucigalpa, Honduras After a close election between Salvador Nasralla and Juan Orlando Hernandez the electoral body in Honduras still had no results days after the election, so protests against the government occurred, because the government was having reelection even though it is unconstitutional, at the beginning the opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla was winning by 5% but the system fell and 3 days after the reelecting president Juan Orlando Hernandez started to win, this led to protests all over the country which were repressed by the police that up to today are still occurring, until now there has been 34 deaths, between the riots the government declared curfew between 6 PM and 6 AM.

2018Edit

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  • 2018 – May 1: Riots broke out in Paris, France when black bloc rioters damaged local businesses, a Genki Sushi restaurant and set fire to cars and a bulldozer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2018 – May 8–10: Prison riot in Depok, Indonesia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2018 – June 25: Riots in Nigeria between Muslim herders and Christian farmers. Total 86 dead.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2018 – October 21: Violence between Christian and Muslim youths in Kaduna in Nigeria. Total 55 dead.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2018 – October 23: Garments Workers Riots in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. 5 hour clash between agitated rioting garments workers and the police force, 35 injured, 9 vehicles vandalized including a lorry set on fire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2018 – November 26–27: A two-day riot broke out at USJ25, Subang Jaya, Malaysia, between two groups involving more than 10,000 people mostly Indian regarding the relocation of Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple. Malay people were also involved by doing an ambush and a demonstration causing racial misunderstanding. A team of 700 policemen including the Federal Reserve Unit were deployed to Subang Jaya to control the situation. An evacuation of a hotel had been done. 106 people had been arrested. Some injuries were recorded. The developer premises had been vandalized by a group of rioters. Twenty-three vehicles had been set on fire, and a police MPV and a fire engine had been damaged by the rioters. A firefighter was heavily beaten by the rioters and was later warded in the intensive care unit. The victim died on December 17, 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2019Edit

  • 2019 – January 1: Four asylum seekers attacked passers-by of whom 12 were injured near the train station in Amberg, Germany. Members of the public fled into a shop and the shop assistant locked the door to stop the rioters from entering.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – January 14–17: Zimbabwe fuel protests erupt into national riots after a dramatic increase the price of fuel by the government, at least 12 deaths and over 600 people arrested.
  • 2019 – February 12: Riots in Haiti, 4 killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – April 20, riots in Northern Ireland<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – April 15, riots broke out in Nørrebro in Copenhagen, Denmark, after Islam critic Rasmus Paludan staged a demonstration in the district. 23 people were arrested for a range of offences, from refusal to obey commands issued by police, arson and violence against police. Emergency services responded to 70 fires connected to the disturbances in Nørrebro, Nordvest, Christianshavn og Amager. About 200 people took part.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2019 – 20 May: Riots in Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; Violent clashes between anti-Islamic demonstrators and counter demonstrators.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – 22 May: Riots in Jakarta, Indonesia; Peaceful protest from election results turned violent overnight.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – June 2, Deggendorf, Germany: asylum seekers attacked police at the refugee centre. Five police were wounded and six Nigerian nationals were arrested for disturbing the peace and causing bodily harm.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – June 3–5: Khartoum massacre in Sudan. 128 dead, over 650 injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – June 13: Riots in Memphis, in the US following the fatal shooting of Brandon Webber by the police.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – July 12: Paris and Marseille, France: after Algeria defeated Ivory Coast in the African football championships, riots broke out in Paris and Marseille. Supporters of the Algerian national team gathered on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The celebration in Paris turned into unrest where two shops were looted. Police used tear gas in Paris and Marseille to disperse the crowds.
  • 2019 – July 26–30: Prison riots in Northern Brazil, at least 112 dead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – August 23: Left-wing protests against the 45th G7 summit in the French town of Biarritz degenerated into riots when participants started throwing rocks at police. Police responded with tear gas and water cannons. The rioters yelled "everybody hates the police" and "anti anti anti capitalists".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2019 – August 19–September 23: Riots in Papua, Indonesia. Over 30 people dead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – August 30–September 1: Riots in Glasgow, Scotland. Attack on Irish unity march by opposition and subsequent clash of both parties with the riot police.<ref name="independent.co.uk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – September 1–8: Xenophobic riots in Johannesburg primarily targeting African immigrants, sparked by the death of a taxi driver. At least 12 dead and over 680 arrested.<ref name="JHB2019">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – October 3–14: Riots in Ecuador, mass protests with protesters throwing bricks, causing arson attacks and clashing with riot police, the riots were said to be caused by fuel price hike. A State Of Emergency was issued. 8 people were killed during the course of the riots.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2019 – October 18–Present: Mass protests with nationwide reach in Chile caused by public transport fares increasing. A State of Emergency was issued.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2019 – October 20–22: Riots in Borhanuddin, Bangladesh due to an allegedly offensive Facebook post sent by a hacker. 4 dead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – November 16–18: 8 killed, dozens injured in political riots in Bolivia<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – November 25: Brawl between hundreds of knife yielding youths turned into violent riots a movie theater in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Tasers were used to stop rioters, 4 rioters were arrested and 7 policemen were injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – December 20–26: Prison riots in Honduras, 37 killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2020sEdit

2020Edit

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  • 2020 – March 9: In the town of Novi Sanzhary in Ukraine, people started rioting due to the fear that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to kill the population.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2020 – March 10: About 50 inmates escaped from Italian prisons as the coronavirus triggered riots and brought the country's criminal-justice system to a halt.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – March 11: Ohio: Riot breaks out following a university's announcement of a temporary closure due to COVID-19.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – March 13: In Italy, riots erupted in almost 50 prisons this month, leaving 13 inmates dead and 59 guards injured. Authorities said the inmates died of drug overdoses after raiding a prison infirmary.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2020 – March 18: Riots rock overcrowded Lebanon prisons over coronavirus fears.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – March 21: In Israel, riots erupts after police limit entrance to Temple Mount.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – March 25: A migrant-detention facility in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas experienced a series of riots committed by hundreds of foreign nationals.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
  • 2020 – March 26: Prisoners Riot in Luxembourg Amid Restrictions on Visitors. Luxembourg's main prison erupted in violence overnight after about 25 inmates started rioting, forcing several police units to intervene.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2020 – April 11: Prison riot in Siberia, Russia, prison set ablaze.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2020 – April 12: Prison riot in Manado, Indonesia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – May 24 – Ongoing: Riots in Belarus broke out after Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election, the results of which were criticized amid allegations of fraud.
  • 2020 – May 26, 2020 – May 26, 2021: Nationwide riots in the United States, after the police killing of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis, George Floyd, during arrest by a police officer placing his knee on the victim's neck. Protesters and the police clashed for several days, leaving at least 30 dead in or near riot or protest zones. Numerous incidents of property destruction and arson attacks took place during the rioting.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – June 7: Black Lives Matter demonstration developed into a riot in Gothenburg. 36 people were charged with crimes included rioting, sabotage and assaulting police officers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – June 11–17: 2020 Dijon riots
  • 2020 – June 20–21: 2020 Stuttgart riot, where hundreds of people fought police and looted shops in Stuttgart after police investigated a 17-year-old for narcotics, Germany after police investigated an incident involving drugs. A dozen police were injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2020 – 29 July 4: Riots in Ethiopia over the death of a musician, 81 people killed.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
  • 2020 – July 7: The crowd was annoyed by President Aleksandar Vučić's announcement to impose a weekend curfew to eradicate the COVID-19 pandemic that led to riots in Serbia.
  • 2020 – July 24: Riots in Satbayev, Kazakhstan, violent mob tried to lynch a man who was suspected of raping a 5-year-old girl resulted in homes and police cars being damaged, police injured and 4 arrests.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – August 4 – September 16, 2021: Riots in Beirut, Lebanon following the 2020 Beirut explosions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – August 12: Riots in Bangalore, India, 3 rioters killed in police firing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – August 23–October 16: Riots in Libya.
  • 2020 – August 29: Riots in Malmö, Sweden: about 300 people rioted in the Rosengård of Malmö. The unrest broke out at 1900 in the evening after activists from the Danish Hard Line party had burned a Quran during the afternoon and posted a film of their manifestation on social media. Swedish authorities had earlier denied Hard Line party leader Rasmus Paludan a permit to hold a demonstration featuring the burning of the Quran and he was stopped at the border. The rioters set fire to property and attacked police officers and police vehicle with rocks while chanting antisemitic slogans.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – September 25: DR Congo jail riots, mass rape of at least 25 women committed by rioting inmates who broke free from the jail, while around 20 people died of the initiated violence before the situation was brought under control.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – October 25: Riots in Nigeria, at least 12 people killed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2020 – October 26–November 4: Riots in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sparked by the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.
  • 2020 – October 29: Prison riots in Herat, Afghanistan, 8 inmates killed during the violence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020 – December 7–9: Riots in Indonesia by followers of Islamist religious leader Rizieq Shihab. Six rioters killed in police firing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2021Edit

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  • January 13: On Wednesday 13 January a protest condemning the death of African 23-year-old Ibrahim B during a police arrest the preceding Saturday turned into rioting and a police station in the Schaerbeek area of Brussels was set afire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • January 23–26: 2021 Dutch curfew riots. After the introduction of a curfew in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, riots broke out in several cities and towns throughout the Netherlands around the time (21:00) the curfew went into effect for multiple days in a row.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Large scale protests were organized under the name "Let's have a coffee together", but turned violent after police were ordered to clear the unlicensed demonstrations. Repair costs are estimated to have run into hundreds of thousands of euros.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • February 2 – Ongoing: 2021 Myanmar Anti-Coup Protests, over 700 protesters killed by the Myanmar Army as of 11 May 2021. Protests and violent crackdown on protesters are still ongoing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • February 25: Prison riots in Haiti during a jail break led by gang leader Arnel Joseph, at least 25 killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • April 12: Riots in Montreal in Canada due to COVID-19 curfews imposed by the Quebec government, damage occurred in Old Montreal
  • April 13: Riots in North Portland in the US, arson attack at PPA, one arrest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • April 17: Coal power plant workers riot in Chittagong, Bangladesh, 5 workers killed, 15 injured in police firing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • April 23: Riots in Jerusalem, Israel, at least 32 injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • April 24–25: Anti COVID-19 lockdown riots in London, 5 arrested.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 15–19: Riots in Meghalaya, India. Violent clashes were reported in the region.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 21: Anti-COVID lockdown riots occur again throughout Australia, most prominently in Melbourne, but also in Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth; resulting in injuries to both rioters and police officers and many arrests.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • September 29–30: Two days of prison riots in Ecuador, at least 116 prisoners killed, some reportedly beheaded.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • October 3–9: Lakhimpur Kheri massacre and subsequent riotings in India. Riots begun after an Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra Teni drove a truck over protesting Farmers killing eight (8) of them, resulting in violent clashes erupting in the region for seven days.The riots ended after Ashish Mishra was arrested on October 9 late evening.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • October 21–31: Ten day violent rioting in Pakistan, at least seven police officers and four demonstrators were killed and many injured on both sides during the rioting initiated by the outlawed far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, that ended after the Pakistan government reached an agreement with them on October 31.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 19: Police fired tear gas to quell an anti-government protest against deteriorating economic conditions and rising cost of living in Malawi. Hundreds of people poured onto the streets of the southern commercial hub of Blantyre, calling on President Lazarus Chakwera's administration to take immediate steps to rein in soaring prices and unemployment. The protesters set tires on fire and blocked roads to bring traffic to a halt in parts of the city, and also torched a police post in Blantyre's central business district.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 19–21: Anti-lockdown riots in The Netherlands, most noticeably in Rotterdam, which started off as protests against the new COVID-19 restrictions. Multiple rioters and police were injured including 4 rioters shot by police. 173 have been arrested<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 24: During the 2021 Solomon Islands unrest, Police in Solomon Islands have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of protesters, who allegedly burned down a building in the parliament precinct, a police station and a store in the nation's capital of Honiara, amid reports of looting. The protesters marched on the parliamentary precinct in the east of Honiara, where they allegedly set fire to a leaf hut next to Parliament House. The protesters were demanding the prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare step down. Many of the protesters come from Malaita province, the most populous province in the country whose provincial government has had tense relations with the central government for years. The tensions between the provincial and national government intensified in 2019 when Sogavare announced that Solomon Islands would switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China, to the chagrin of Malaita premier Daniel Suidani.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 25–29: Riots in Kerala, India, clashes between migrant workers started during Christmas evening, who also attacked the police and set police van on fire around 160 migrant workers connected to the violence arrested. The mass arrest drive ended on the early morning of December 28, while police patrolling continued till December 29 and the situation was finally brought under control.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2022Edit

  • January 2–11: 2022 Kazakh unrest which include rioting and other acts of vandalism and numerous deaths.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • July 27–31: Iraq parliament protest and siege, Protesters besiege the Iraqi parliament in support of Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, over 100 injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 27–28: Violent clashes in Tripoli, lead to at least 32 deaths.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 28-September 19: the 2022 Leicester unrest, a series of riots and street fights between members of the Hindu and Muslim communities.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • September 16: Anti-monarchy protests against King Charles III of the United Kingdom turned into violent rioting forcing police to crackdown on the protesters and calming the situation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • October 19–24: Ethnic clashes lead to violent rioting in Sudan, at least 220 killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • October 20–26: Riots in Chad lead to at least 60 deaths.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • October 25: More than 30 people killed in tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 12: Riots in Southeast Maluku killed two people and injured dozens more.
  • November 27–29: Three day rioting in Belgium, following their 2-0 2022 FIFA World Cup defeat to Morocco. On November 29 the situation calmed after the mayor of Brussels increased police presence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 6–7: Minor rioting across Spain, following Spain's 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup defeat on penalties to Morocco.
  • December 11–12: Violent clashes between the Taliban and Pakistan forces lead to 8 deaths.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 13–14: The killing of a teenager by the police in Greece triggers massive rioting in Athens on December 13. After a massive arrest drive by the police on December 14 the situation was brought under control.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 14–15: Riots in French cities such as Montpellier and Paris after Morocco's 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup defeat to France. There were also clashes between French and Moroccan fans which resulted in the death of a 14-year-old boy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2023Edit

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  • March 14–May 12: Riots in Pakistan at least 47 killed, over 5000 arrested.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • July 31-August 8: 2023 Haryana riots in India, after an organized Muslim mob attacked a Hindu religious procession for allegedly including cow vigilante Monu Manesar. However the attendance of Monu Manesar in the procession was later proven to be a false rumor to initiate the violence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 9: Riots in Greece by Croatian football fans and their subsequent arrest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 21–23: Riots in Derbyshire, England surrounding a Kabaddi event. Knife attacks and gun shots were reported. 3 injured, 4 arrested.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • November 6-7: Two day riots in Los Angeles, US; after altercation while two sides rallied over conflicting opinion regarding the Gaza war, 1 dead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 23-24: Riots in Dublin, Ireland in the evening following a stabbing incident outside of a school in Dublin. 34 arrested.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 9: Violent rioting between gang members and villagers in Central Mexico, at least 14 dead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2024Edit

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  • February 10-13: 5 dead in violence following the destruction of an allegedly illegal madrasa in Uttarakhand, India.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • February 19: 64 killed in Papua New Guinea tribal rioting.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • March 21: Over 40 killed in violent rioting between farmers and hearders in Chad.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • March 30: Riots in Mexico following the killing of an eight year old girl by a woman.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • April 9: Three Tanzanian soldiers were killed in violence in eastern Congo.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • April 14: Pre-poll rioting in Sikkim, India; political candidate's house attacked.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • April 15: Wakeley church riot. Rioting in Wakeley (a western suburb of Sydney), New South Wales, Australia; outside of a church where a bishop was stabbed during a sermon being livestreamed.
  • April 30: 23 dead in violent rioting over cattle theft in South Sudan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • May 13: 2024 New Caledonia unrest
  • May 17-22: Violent clashes and attack on Pakistani students by mob in Kyrgyzstan force over 3000 students to flee back to Pakistan. At least four of the students had been killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • June 1: Violent clashes related to the Lok Sabha election erupt between TMC and BJP workers in West Bengal, India; several injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 30 July-5 August: Riots across many cities in the United Kingdom by the political right.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 7: November 2024 Amsterdam riots, medium-size mobs attacked Israeli and Jewish people in the streets, at multiple locations across Amsterdam
  • November 21-27: Riots between Sunnis and Shias in Pakistan leave over 80 dead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 2: Around 100 killed in riots sorrounding a football match in Guinea.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 24-25: 21 killed in post-election violent rioting in Mozambique.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2025Edit

  • February 6: 80+ killed in violence in South Sudan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • February 8-9: Riots in Gazipur, Bangladesh.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • March 17:Riots in Nagpur over the removal of tomb of late Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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