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Newsday won the Excellence in Visual Journalism category in the prestigious Scripps Howard Foundation Excellence in Journalism competition for 2020 for its entry "A Season of Protests." It included these photos from some of the nearly 200 Black Lives Matter protests Newsday's multimedia team covered last year across Long Island and New York City.
After a memorial service for George Floyd, protesters walk across the Brooklyn Bridge on June 4.
A police officer tries to calm down a protester as he confronts him while marching in a solidarity rally on June 2 in New York.
Protesters chant on the ground while walking down Carleton Avenue in Central Islip, on June 5.
Black Lives Matter protesters gather during a peaceful protest in Merrick, on June 7.
A lone fist is raised in the air during a memorial service for George Floyd in Brooklyn on June 4.
A Justice for George Floyd protest in Roosevelt on June 13.
An explosive firework detonates next to police officers on Church Avenue as demonstrators demanding justice for George Floyd and other black men who've died at the hands of the police scuffle with members of the NYPD in Brooklyn, on May 30.
Protesters and police clash during a Black Lives Matter march in East Meadow on June 12.
A protester and NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan embrace each other during a solidarity rally for George Floyd on June 1 in New York City.
Black Lives Matter protesters confront Nassau County Police officers during a peaceful protest in Merrick on June 2.
Members of the NYPD detain demonstrators on Sixth Avenue and West 25th Street in Manhattan on June 2.
Police officers look on as protesters march in Manhattan during a rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, on June 5.
Looters taking advantage of a very sensitive and vulnerable time during the protest in New York City.
Firefighters work to extinguish a burning NYPD patrol vehicle on Church Avenue in Brooklyn.
Nassau County Police trying to stop a man from arguing with protesters who came to demonstrate against police brutality at Delco Plaza in Hicksville on June 12.
Protesters and police clash during a Black Lives Matter march in East Meadow, on June 12.
Protesters march in Manhattan during a rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor on June 5.
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