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Smoke rises over the Nissan factory as workers burn tires during a protest in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, May 28, 2020. Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co. has decided to close its manufacturing plans in the northeastern Catalonia region, resulting in the loss of some 3,000 direct jobs. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A Thai classical dancer wearing face shield to help curb the spread of the coronavirus performs at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, May 28, 2020. Thai government continues to ease restrictions related to running business in capital Bangkok that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Chinese President Xi Jinping reaches to vote on a piece of national security legislation concerning Hong Kong during the closing session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Thursday, May 28, 2020. China's ceremonial legislature has endorsed a national security law for Hong Kong that has strained relations with the United States and Britain. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks on screen during a press conference by video conferencing at the end of the National People's Congress in Beijing on Thursday, May 28, 2020. China’s ceremonial legislature on Thursday endorsed a national security law for Hong Kong that has strained relations with the United States and Britain. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)
Food delivery workers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus prepare to delivery foods near a TV screen showing Chinese President Xi Jinping attending the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress in a news report, in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 28, 2020. China's ceremonial legislature on Thursday endorsed a national security law for Hong Kong that has strained relations with the United States and Britain. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Demonstrators gather during a protest Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Los Angeles over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Firefighters wearing gas masks check the main chamber of the Legislative Council after a pro-democracy lawmaker hurled an object during the second day of debate on a bill that would criminalize insulting or abusing the Chinese anthem in Hong Kong, Thursday, May 28, 2020. Three pro-democracy lawmakers were ejected from Hong Kong's legislative chamber Thursday morning, disrupting the start of the debate on the contentious bill. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Security from the Legislative Council guard and disinfect after a pro-democracy lawmaker hurled an object during the second day of debate on a bill that would criminalize insulting or abusing the Chinese anthem in Hong Kong, Thursday, May 28, 2020. The lawmaker ejected later had spilled a substance on the floor that had to be cleaned up by firefighters wearing protective gear.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
A protester runs away from where police deployed chemical irritants near the 3rd Precinct building in Minneapolis on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, during a protest against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody earlier in the week. (Christine T. Nguyen/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
A man has milk poured over he face after he was affected by a chemical irritant used by Minneapolis police during protests Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Minneapolis against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody earlier in the week. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
Demonstrators shut down the Hollywood Freeway during a protest for George Floyd in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Hundreds of people protesting the death of the black man in Minneapolis police custody blocked the Los Angeles freeway and shattered windows of California Highway Patrol cruisers on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Demonstrators march during a protest of the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis, in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Demonstrators block a highway patrol car during a protest for George Floyd in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Hundreds of people protesting the death of the black man in Minneapolis police custody blocked the Los Angeles freeway and shattered windows of California Highway Patrol cruisers on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Locals play baseball wearing masks as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus in Las Playas neighborhood, in eastern Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Cuban authorities are requiring the use of masks for anyone outside their homes. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
A cemetery worker shovels dirt into a grave that contains the remains of Apolonia Uanampa who died from the new coronavirus, as the coffin that contains the remains of Demetria Huamani, also a victim of the virus, is carried to her burial site at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Fans watch the Czech first division soccer match between Viktoria Plzen and Sparta Praha at a drive-in movie theater in Pilsen, Czech Republic, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The match is being played live where fans can watch it on the screen at the drive in theater due to the highly contagious coronavirus. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Graduate Andriel Waters waves after receiving her diploma as the New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School class of 2020 holds a drive-in graduation ceremony as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, outside Delgado Community College in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Students and family got out of their cars to receive diplomas one by one, and then held a parade of cars through city streets. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Graduates of New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School class of 2020 parade in vehicles after holding a drive-in graduation ceremony as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, outside Delgado Community College in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Students and family got out of their cars to receive diplomas one by one, and then held a parade of cars through city streets. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
People wearing face masks hold food boxes distributed by the government during a lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 in a poor area on the outskirts of Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken wave as they walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Pad 39-A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The two astronauts will fly on a SpaceX test flight to the International Space Station. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts will blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken wave as they walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Pad 39-A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The two astronauts will fly on a SpaceX test flight to the International Space Station. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts will blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Leah Hu, left, and her brother Leon demonstrate the use of robots for serving purposes or for dirty dishes collection, as part of a tryout of measures to respect social distancing and help curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the family's Royal Palace restaurant in Renesse, south-western Netherlands, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
First lady Melania Trump wears a face mask as she sits aboard Marine One with President Donald Trump before they depart from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump is traveling to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for the launch of a rocket ship built by the SpaceX company, putting NASA back in the business of launching astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo walks towards the West Wing as he arrives at the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada works on a 20,000 square foot mural of a healthcare worker near the Queens Museum, back left, and the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, back center, in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The mural is to honor those who lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic, especially minority healthcare workers. The portrait was inspired by Dr. Ydelfonso Decoo, an immigrant doctor who died from coronavirus complications while serving hard-hit communities of color. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A man who works transporting merchandise for vendors and shoppers wears a mask due to the new coronavirus pandemic at a fish market in the Villa Maria del Triunfo district on the outskirts from Lima, Peru, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A closed carousel due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Flags are flying at half-staff on more than 14,000 public buildings in Spain as the European nation holds its first of 10 days of national mourning for the victims of the coronavirus. The 10-day period is the longest national mourning declared in Spain since the restoration of democracy in the late 1970s (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Complete coverage of Thursday night's protests in Minneapolis and other demonstrations that have flared up across the country in the wake of George Floyd's death. Get caught up on this and other non-virus news this morning.
Also on this day in 2020 Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co. decided to close its manufacturing plants in the northeastern Catalonia region, resulting in the loss of some 3,000 jobs. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.