But throngs showed up anyway — despite the cold weather, the spitting rain and warnings by the police that mass gatherings would violate the rule that only six people from different households could gather outside during the pandemic.

From Paris to Berlin — as in demonstrations this past week in Japan, Sweden and Zimbabwe — people around the world once again turned out in solidarity with Americans protesters calling for justice in the death of an African-American man, George Floyd, at the hands of the police in Minneapolis.

The world has been transfixed by the unrest in the United States amid video footage of brutal clashes between police and protesters, along with episodes of looting and destruction — though many cities held peaceful marches and vigils in Mr.

The global demonstrations, continuing for a week now, were inspired by the demonstrations in the United States to call for an end to racism and police brutality in their own countries.

Embassy in Nairobi in support of demonstrations in the United States.

Morrison advised against attending the Black Lives Matter marches on Saturday for fear of new outbreaks in a country that has managed to beat back the virus, huge crowds turned out in cities like Sydney and Melbourne, calling for an end to systemic racism and Aboriginal deaths in police custody.

In Melbourne, many held Indigenous flags, signs and clap sticks, which they struck in solidarity, chanting, “I can’t breathe” — also the final plea of an Aboriginal man, David Dungay, who died at the hands of the Australian police in 2015.

In Paris, the authorities barred people from gathering in front of the United States Embassy, but thousands protested there anyway in the late afternoon, as well as near the Eiffel Tower, echoing a protest this past week that drew nearly 20,000 people in memory of Adama Traoré, a Frenchman who died in police custody in 2016.

Large crowds were gathering on Saturday for the 11th straight day in the United States, denouncing police brutality and seeking reforms after a long line of deaths of African-Americans like Mr.

Within minutes of the rally’s start, however, the focus shifted to the subject of deaths at the hands of police in Australia.

Indigenous activists spoke in somber but impassioned tones to the heaving crowd in Melbourne, where protesters held signs with the names and photographs of people who had died in police custody.

She told protesters that while she appreciated their support in this moment of global unrest around race, it was crucial that Australians continue to speak up for Indigenous people.

Ron Baird, an African-American living in Australia, drew parallels between Australia’s troubles and the crisis in the United States, disputing the prime minister’s suggestion this past week that Australians were “importing” problems that had not existed in the country.

Morrison, Australia is not the United States, but Australia does have its own long, dark, brutal past of oppression,” Mr.

“But we are still facing a health crisis, and coronavirus remains a real threat.” He asked people not to attend “large gatherings, including demonstrations, of more than six people” this weekend