Women's rights activists cover Rome's Spanish Steps in red paint


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  • Wednesday, 26 Jun 2024

''Bruciamo tutto'' (Let's burn everything) activists pour red paint on the Spanish Steps to protest against femicides in Rome, Italy, June 26, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

ROME (Reuters) - Women's rights activists protested against feminicide on Wednesday by painting Rome's famed Spanish Steps red, symbolically representing the blood of female victims of violence.

Members of the movement called "Bruciamo tutto" - or "Let's burn everything" - poured cans of the liquid down the Spanish Steps and also made prints of their hands with it.

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