Police across the country were targeted in attacks this week as protesters continue to demand justice for George Floyd. As of Friday, more than 20 police officers have been shot, while hundreds more have been injured by projectiles, like Molotov cocktails and bricks.

The two Buffalo police officers involved in the fall of an elderly man have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.

The commander of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces has accepted an offer from Egypt’s president to help end the civil war after facing several defeats. On Saturday, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi proposed his plan, which included a ceasefire starting on Monday.

Demonstrators in Mali have been protesting government officials and calling for change, as many are fed up with the current regime. Thousands of protesters gathered in the country's capital on Friday to demand the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.

The Los Angeles Police Department joined peaceful protesters in a vigil for George Floyd on Friday. The vigil was hosted in the LAPD headquarters courtyard, where multiple religious leaders, officers and activists attended.

Some cities began offering free coronavirus testing following this week’s George Floyd protests. According to reports, this included San Francisco, Seattle and Louisville.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has banned the state police training program from teaching a controversial restraint method. On Friday, the governor issued the order against carotid restraints, which work to render a person unconscious by cutting off blood flow to the brain.

Days after the last round of primaries, Joe Biden officially secured the Democrat presidential nomination. Biden reached the required 1,991 delegates Friday after a record high number of mail-in ballots took an additional three days to tally.