On October 30, 2015, a fire broke out at the Colectiv nightclub, killing 64 people and injuring 147. Tedy Ursuleanu, pictured here, lost her fingers in the fire and later became a participant in protests in University Square against the emergency decree from the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Photos by Andrei Pungovschi
Current Romanian prime minister Sorin Grindeanu
Șerban Marinescu got his start in politics as an anti-corruption protester in University Square. He's now a member of the Romanian parliament for the newly formed Union to Save Romania Party, created in the wake of the Colectiv fire.
Laura Kövesi, head prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate, has emerged as a crusader against government malfeasance.
Romanian president Klaus Iohannis
Colette Chichirau, a member of the Romanian parliament from the USR
Members of Casa Jurnalistului, an independent journalists' group that investigates government corruption, hang out in the kitchen of their collective house in Bucharest.
In Târgoviște, PSD supporters rally for Prime Minister Grindeanu.
Since 2015, as many as 600,000 people nationwide have turned out for demonstrations against the Romanian government, like these protesters in Bucharest in January 2017.