Palestinians gather during an event commemorating the Palestinian Nakba (Nakba) or "Day of the Catastrophe", when around 760,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes by Zionist gangs and militia, in the city of Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank. AFP
Palestinian centenarian Saeed Abu al-Saud (102), engineer, writer, and veteran of the Palestinian Nakba -- the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians by Zionist gangs and militia -- stands outside his house in Deir Dibwan, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. AFP
Palestinian centenarian Saeed Abu al-Saud (102), engineer, writer, and veteran of the Palestinian Nakba -- the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians by Zionist gangs and militia -- sits next to an older picture of himself in military uniform at his house in Deir Dibwan, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. AFP
People march with a giant Palestinian flag during a demonstration commemorating the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians by Zionist gangs and militia, in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. AFP
A Palestinian man rides a scooter past a mural marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians by Zionist gangs and militia, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron. AFP
Demonstrators gather with signs and placards during a "Nakba Remembrance Day" ceremony organized by Arab-Palestinian students and left-wing Israeli activists at the Tel Aviv University campus in Tel Aviv. AFP
A demonstrator holds a signs reading in Arabic and Hebrew "Palestine Flag" and "Returning" during a "Nakba Remembrance Day" ceremony organized by Arab-Palestinian students and left-wing Israeli activists at the Tel Aviv University campus in Tel Aviv. AFP
Boys march with a figure depicting a traditional key, symbolizing the homes that Palestinians were expelled from in 1948 during the Nakba, during a march commemorating the 78th anniversary of the event in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. AFP
A demonstrator holds a sign reading in Arabic "they prevented us from raising the flag" while standing alongside others during a "Nakba Remembrance Day" ceremony organized by Arab-Palestinian students and left-wing Israeli activists at the Tel Aviv University campus in Tel Aviv. AFP
A demonstrator holds a sign reading in Arabic "they prevented us from raising the flag" while standing alongside others during a "Nakba Remembrance Day" ceremony organized by Arab-Palestinian students and left-wing Israeli activists at the Tel Aviv University campus in Tel Aviv. AFP
Demonstrators gather with signs and placards during a "Nakba Remembrance Day" ceremony organized by Arab-Palestinians students and left-wing Israeli activists at the Tel Aviv University campus in Tel Aviv. AFP
Demonstrators gather with signs and placards during a "Nakba Remembrance Day" ceremony organized by Arab-Palestinian students and left-wing Israeli activists at the Tel Aviv University campus in Tel Aviv. AFP
A demonstrator holds a t-shirt with a political message and a novelty ukulele painted in the colours of a watermelon during a "Nakba Remembrance Day" ceremony organized by Arab-Palestinian students and left-wing Israeli activists at the Tel Aviv University campus in Tel Aviv. AFP
Orphaned children in Gaza take part in a run held as part of Nakba commemorations. Photo courtesy Anadolu