Donald Trump does not like toppling of the statues of racists and he has made it clear in the past too, in his speeches and tweets. This time, the President of the United States has gone to the limit of creating a 'wanted' poster for the people who even attempted to topple the statues.

Trump issues 'wanted' poster for people who vandalized statues

The United States has activated several hundred unarmed National Guard troops in Washington D.C. and put them on standby in order to protect national monuments. Watch Video: The US National Guard in a statement said that about 400 D.

US mobilizes National Guard troops to protect monuments in Washington

A man was shot Monday as a heavily armed militia group attempted to defend a statue from US protestors in New Mexico, officials and media reports said. Monuments linked to colonialism and slavery are being toppled and removed globally as worldwide anti-racism protests continue after the death in US police custody of George Floyd, an unarmed black man.

Man shot at US colonial statue protest

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has termed the ongoing row over the removal of statues of historical figures as a "distortion of our history". Also read: Protesters burn down Wendy's in Atlanta after police shooting "If we start purging the record and removing the images of all but those whose attitudes conform to our own, we are engaged in a great lie, a distortion of our history," Johnson wrote in The Telegraph.

British PM Boris Johnson defends Churchill and terms removing of statues 'distortion of our history'

Statues are falling one after another - from Colston to Churchill to Columbus. We reported this yesterday and asked you why India should not rethink its symbols of hate.

Suppression of truth triggers violence - falling statues tell a story

Anti-racism protestors have drawn up a "hit list" of dozens of monuments across the country they believe should be removed - including one in Cambridge. Black Lives Matter supporters have produced an interactive map called ‘Topple the Racists' which identifies where controversial statues and memorials stand.

'Topple the Racists': A map showing all of the 'racist' statues in Britain

In Spain 1975, dictator Francisco Franco died after years of ill health. Political repression and promotion of patriarchy. Soon, all his statues were removed. In Germany 1945, when Hitler's dictatorship came to a dramatic end.

Statues: A hero's memoir or dark page in history?

The flames of anti-racism protests are spreading across the world. Statues are being toppled one after another. Protesters say there is no reason to celebrate racist leaders. WION's Palki Sharma has a question: Why is India still celebrating the symbols of the British Raj?

Gravitas: Imperial statues | Heritage or Structures of hate?