21 pictures of Black Friday shopping around the world
Protesters in Ferguson, Missouri began targeting Black Friday sales at major retailers overnight in a new tactic to vent their anger at a grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen.
And in other areas, it was business as usual.
- Protesters hold signs aloft outside Macy’s before the kick off of Black Friday sales in New York November 27, 2014. Select stores opened Thursday to kick off the Black Friday sales, with the Friday after Thanksgiving typically being the busiest shopping day of the year in the U.S. The protesters were affiliated with the Ferguson movement and were protesting in response to a grand jury decision not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
- Police officers and National Guard troops stand outside of a closed Walmart November 27, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Local businesses still remain closed to consumers in Ferguson as tension continue to still run high the community after Michael Brown, a 18-year-old black male teenager was fatally wounded by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson Police officer on August 9, 2014. A St. Louis County 12-member grand jury who reviewed evidence related to the shooting decided Monday not to indict Wilson with charges sparking riots through out Ferguson. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
- People shop for Skylander toys at Toys R Us in Times Square in New York November 27, 2014. Toys R Us opened on Thanksgiving evening at 5pm, ahead of many other Black Friday retailers. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
- A shopper carries a TV outside a Best Buy store in Newport, New Jersey November 27, 2014. Best Buy opened on Thanksgiving evening at 5 pm, ahead of many other Black Friday retailers. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
- Shoppers line up outside Best Buy before the store opens in Newport, New Jersey November 27, 2014. Best Buy opened on Thanksgiving evening at 5pm, ahead of many other Black Friday retailers. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
- Shoppers line up outside Best Buy before the store opens in Newport, New Jersey November 27, 2014. Best Buy opened on Thanksgiving evening at 5pm, ahead of many other Black Friday retailers. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
- People look in the window before the Toys R Us store opened in Times Square in New York November 27, 2014. Toys R Us opened on Thanksgiving evening at 5pm, ahead of many other Black Friday retailers. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
- Shoppers ride the elevators of the Toys R store in Times Square in New York November 27, 2014. Toys R Us opened on Thanksgiving evening at 5pm, ahead of many other Black Friday retailers. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
- A girl poses with an Olaf plush toy from Disney’s Frozen toy line at the Toys R Us store in Times Square in New York November 27, 2014. Toys R Us opened on Thanksgiving evening at 5pm, ahead of many other Black Friday retailers. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
- People line up outside before the Toys R Us store opened in Times Square in New York November 27, 2014. Toys R Us opened on Thanksgiving evening at 5pm, ahead of many other Black Friday retailers. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
- Shoppers enter Macy’s to kick off Black Friday sales in New York November 27, 2014. Select stores opened Thursday to kick off the Black Friday sales, with the Friday after Thanksgiving typically being the busiest shopping day of the year in the U.S. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
- Shoppers wait to enter Macy’s to kick off Black Friday sales in New York November 27, 2014. Select stores opened Thursday to kick off the Black Friday sales, with the Friday after Thanksgiving typically being the busiest shopping day of the year in the U.S. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
- Shoppers wrestle over a television as they compete to purchase retail items on “Black Friday” at an Asda superstore in Wembley, north London November 28, 2014. Britain’s high streets, malls and online sites were awash with discounts on Friday as more retailers than ever embraced U.S.-style “Black Friday” promotions, seeking to kickstart trading in the key Christmas period. In the United States the Friday following the Thanksgiving Day holiday is called Black Friday because spending usually surges and indicates the point at which American retailers begin to turn a profit for the year, or go “into the black”. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)
- The Empire State Building is lit in Thanksgiving colors on November 27, 2014 from Weehawken, New Jersey. Black Friday sales, which now begin on the Thursday of Thanksgiving, continue to draw shoppers out for deals and sales. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
- People enter to Macy’s store at the Newport Mall on November 27, 2014 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Black Friday sales, which now begin on the Thursday of Thanksgiving, continue to draw shoppers out for deals and sales. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
- People receive discount coupons as they waits in line to go shopping at the JCPenney store at the Newport Mall on November 27, 2014 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Black Friday sales, which now begin on the Thursday of Thanksgiving, continue to draw shoppers out for deals and sales. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
- People enter to JCPenney store at the Newport Mall on November 27, 2014 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Black Friday sales, which now begin on the Thursday of Thanksgiving, continue to draw shoppers out for deals and sales. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
- People waits in line to go shopping at the to JCPenney store at the Newport Mall on November 27, 2014 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Black Friday sales, which now begin on the Thursday of Thanksgiving, continue to draw shoppers out for deals and sales. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
- People wait in line to shop at the Toys R Us in Times Square on November 27, 2014 in New York, United States. Black Friday sales, which now begin on the Thursday of Thanksgiving, continue to draw shoppers out for deals and sales. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Shoppers wait in line for early Black Friday deals Thanksgiving evening at a Best Buy on November 27, 2014 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Many retailers open the evening before the famous shopping day. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
- A boy waits to enter the Toys R Us in Times Square on November 27, 2014 in New York, United States. Black Friday sales, which now begin on the Thursday of Thanksgiving, continue to draw shoppers out for deals and sales. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)