Demonstrators gather at Lafayette Park near the White House in Washington. Picture: AP

Demonstrators gather at the White House to protest the death of George Floyd. Picture: AP

Photographers take pictures of a burning police car in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Picture: AP

Protesters raise their fists and take to their knees in prayer during a Black Lives Matter protest. Picture: AP

People loot a Nordstrom store near a burnt-out police car following demonstrations in Seattle. Picture: AFP

People gather during a Justice for George Floyd rally at the Octavius V. Catto Monument in Philadelphia. Picture: AP

Police hold a perimeter as demonstrators protest in Miami, Florida. Picture: AFP

A demonstrater with the “I can’t breathe” — words uttered by George Floyd shortly before his death — protests near the White House. Picture: AP

A police officer kicks a tear gas canister deployed to disperse a crowd in Philadelphia. Picture: AP

National Guard members in Minneapolis. Picture: Reuters

Protestors demonstrate outside of a burning fast food restauran in Minneapolis. Picture: AP

Protesters gather in front of a liquor store in flames near the Third Police Precinct in Minneapolis. Picture: AFP

The 3rd precinct police building burns as protesters watch in St Paul, Minnesota. Picture: AFP

A man on a bicycle watches as law enforcement officials set up a road bloke in Minneapolis. Picture: AP

State Patrol Police officers block a road in Minneapolis. Picture: AFP

A multi-story affordable housing complex under construction near the Third Precinct, burns in Minneapolis. Picture: AP

Protesters gather outside the Cup Foods on Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis. Picture: AP

People leave a Target store with merchandise in Minneapolis. Picture: AP

A protester sits on the ground and gestures to police during a demonstration in Minneapolis. Picture: AFP

Demonstrators graffiti the CNN logo in Atlanta. Picture: AP

A protester is doused with milk in Minneapolis. Picture: AP

A protester confronts a National Guardsmen in Minneapolis. Picture: AFP

A woman shouts at police during a protest in Oakland, California. Picture: AFP

Police officers and protesters clash near CNN in Atlanta. Picture: AP

Protesters smash police cars in Atlanta. Picture: AP

A police car burns after protesters marched to the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Picture: AP

Demonstrators argue with uniformed US Secret Service police officers in Washington DC. Picture: AP

Uniformed US Secret Service police detain a protester in Lafayette Park across from the White House. Picture: AP

Protesters vandalised a townhouse owned by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Picture: AP