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The Guardian - US
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Gail Fletcher and Julius Constantine Motal with text by Erum Salam

‘I was lying on the ground beside a wall of cops’: student photographers’ best images of the campus protests

Young person in keffiyeh surrounded by officers in riot gear
An arrested protester among state troopers during a walkout organized by the Palestine Solidarity Committee at the University of Texas at Austin on 24 April. Photograph: Lorianne Willett/The Daily Texan

As protests in support of Palestine sweep university campuses across the US, student journalists from New York to Texas have documented the reality inside the encampments. They have risen to the occasion, capturing the quiet moments, the celebratory elements, the tense scenes and the violent police arrests.

We asked nine photographers – who have been covering the demonstrations at Columbia, Berkeley, the University of Texas and beyond – to tell the stories behind their most powerful photos.

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