Protesters in Brighton, U.K. on June 13. Photo: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images
Thousands of protesters gathered for Black Lives Matters demonstrations in the U.K., Japan, France, Australia, Germany and elsewhere on Saturday, marking nearly three weeks of continual protests around the globe in response to the police killing of George Floyd.
Zoom in: In the U.S., new efforts to reform law enforcement have swept several cities and states in direct response to the protests, as budget cuts are pushed, stricter oversight is mandated and limits on use of force are legislated.
Protesters in front of the U.S. embassy in Prague on June 13. Photo: Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty ImagesProtesters in Trafalgar Square, London on June 13. Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty ImagesProtesters in Brighton, U.K. on June 13. Photo: Mike Hewitt/Getty ImagesProtesters at Place de la Republique in Paris on June 13. Photo: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty ImagesProtesters in Breda, the Netherlands, on June 13. Photo: Marco De Swart/ANP/AFP via Getty ImagesProtesters in Tokyo, Japan on June 13. Photo: David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesProtesters in Tokyo, Japan on June 13. Photo: David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesProtesters in Brooklyn, New York on June 12. Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty ImagesProtesters march down St Georges Terrace on June 13 in Perth, Australia. Photo: Paul Kane/Getty ImagesA Black Lives Matter demonstration in Stuttgart, Germany on June 13. Photo: Thomas Kienzle/AFP via Getty Images
A plane makes a retardant drop on a ridge on Aug. 2 at the Apple Fire north of Banning in Riverside County, which "doubled in size" on Aug. 1, per KTLA. Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
The big picture: As California remains an epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., some 15 separate fires are raging across the state. About 7,800 people were under evacuation orders from the Apple Fire, about 75 miles east of Los Angeles, as hundreds of firefighters battled the blaze. CalFire said Monday that a malfunction involving a "diesel-fueled vehicle emitting burning carbon from the exhaust system" started the Apple Fire.
The death toll from Tuesday's explosion in Beirut, Lebanon has now surpassed 130, including at least one U.S. citizen, amid a search for answers as to why a huge store of ammonium nitrate was left unsecured near the city's port for nearly seven years.
What we know: The government says around 5,000 people are injured. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said current indications are that the massive explosion was accidental, despite President Trump's puzzling claim on Tuesday evening that it appeared to be a bomb attack.