ransack

In Pakistan, supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan attacked military installations and ransacked the home of a senior military officer in 2023 but failed to seize power from the well-organized and ruthless army.

A nonprofit that provides hot meals, coffee and clothing to homeless Southern Californians is struggling to recover after its supply trailer was ransacked.

It sat vacant for over 20 years, while animal and human scavengers ransacked the ten-acre site and claimed it for their own, before it was rescued in the 1990s by architectural preservationists.

Buildings have burnt down, homes have been looted and ransacked, and politicians have been dragged from their houses and beaten.

Thousands have taken to the streets in major cities in the last week, joined at times by rioters setting fire to government buildings and looters ransacking the homes of politicians.