Anti-Fascist Counter-Protest Outside Thistle City Barbican Hotel London

Water flies through the air as a Metropolitan Police snatch squad tries to extract and arrest a protester from among anti-fascists holding a counter-protest in defence of refugees outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel on 2nd August 2025 in London, United Kingdom. Their counter-protest had been organised in response to a protest outside the hotel by far-right groups including the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) who are opposed to hotels such as the Thistle City Barbican Hotel housing asylum seekers. (photo by Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)