US: Pro-Palestinian protesters mark Nakba Day in New York City.

SHOTLIST: NEW YORK, USA (MAY 15, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WAVING PALESTINIAN FLAGS AND BANNERS 2. VARIOUS OF TENSION BETWEEN OPPOSING GROUPS AS POLICE TRY TO EASE CONFLICT 3. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING ON STREETS, HOLDING BANNERS AND FLAGS, CHANTING SLOGANSNEW YORK, USA - MAY 15, 2026: Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at Washington Square Park in New York City on Friday, May 15, to mark Nakba Day, which commemorates the displacement of Palestinians in 1948. Tensions occasionally rose between opposing groups during the demonstration, before protesters marched through Midtown Manhattan, chanting slogans and carrying Palestinian flags. “Nakba,” Arabic for “catastrophe,” is the term Palestinians use for the day Israel was declared on most of their land on May 15, 1948, after Zionist militias committed massacres against them and drove them from their homes. Palestinians mark the Nakba every year on May 15 with marches, events, and exhibitions in the Palestinian territories and around the world to demand their rights, including the right of return for millions of refugees.