Washington, D.C. — A protester has his eyes rinsed after being pepper-sprayed by D.C. Metropolitan Police as authorities disperse the pro-Palestine encampment at George Washington University’s U-Yard. Students were moved toward nearby Western Market as tensions rose and confusion spread among demonstrators.

Washington, D.C. — Students at George Washington University rally opposite the pro-Palestine encampment on U-Yard during the second day of demonstrations, part of a nationwide surge in campus activism supporting Palestinian rights. The photograph earned a place on the cover of TIME Magazine's May 2024 special issue about the student protests, "The Campus Uprising."