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In this photo taken on Monday, June 22, 2020, Eric Baranyanka, right, and his foster mother Emma Monsaert look at a photo of Eric as a young boy in Lembeek, Belgium. Baranyanka fled political persecution in the Belgian protectorate of Burundi in the 1960's, landing half a world away at a military airport in Brussels, before being fostered by Emma Monsaert and her husband Paul. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

In Belgian town, monuments expose a troubled colonial legacy

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

In this June 10, 2020, photo, a statue of Belgium's King Leopold II is smeared with paint and graffiti in the center of Brussels. With the protests sweeping the world in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, King Leopold II, who reigned from 1865 to 1909, is now increasingly seen as a stain on the nation. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

As protests grow, Belgium faces its racist colonial past

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

A demonstrator, wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus, hold up a banner with the image of George Floyd, during a protest near the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Thursday, June 4, 2020. Police in Istanbul have dispersed a small group of demonstrators who gathered in the Turkish city to denounce police violence and to stand in solidarity with protesters in the United States. Some of the anti-police violence activists were seen carrying a poster of George Floyd, the African-American who died last week after a police officer pressed his knee onto his neck. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Belgians call for removal of colonial statues as George Floyd protests erupt around the world

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

A stuffed elephant on display in the halls of the Africa Museum in Tervuren, Belgium, Thursday, July 12, 2018. The museum is reopening on Saturday Dec. 8, 2018, after more than 10 years spent revamping the building and overhauling its dated, one-sided approach to history. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Revamped museum takes new look at Belgium’s colonial past

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press