While a global row rages over the controversial background of historical figures immortalised as statues, Germany already has its own solution: in Berlin, the Spandau - Zitadelle museum is the final resting place of many controversial monuments brought down by the people over time

Germany offers solution to controversial monuments with statue museum

Thousands marched through U.S. cities on Friday (June 19) in Juneteenth observances marking the abolition of slavery more than a century and a half ago, an occasion which has special resonance this year amid America's reckoning with its legacy of racism.

Juneteenth rallies and celebrations across United States

Protesters pulled down a statue of a Confederate general in Washington late on Friday, part of a wave of anti-racism demonstrations in the United States.

Black Lives Matter protests: Statues toppled across United States