An opposition supporter wearing a gas mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak gestures during a rally to support his potential candidate in the upcoming presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus, May 31, 2020. Picture taken May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
MINSK (Reuters) - In the Belarusian capital Minsk, a long queue formed outside a covered food market on Sunday as people waited for hours to give their signature to opposition candidates contesting a presidential election in August.
Some carried a slipper, the symbol of a protest movement against President Alexander Lukashenko, comparing him to a cockroach character from a children's fairytale book that they want to squash.
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