This incredible image is going viral after an EDL protest in Birmingham yesterday.

A woman stands defiantly, smiling in the face of a seething man wearing an EDL top. His stance is very aggressive, while she seems like she's checking out the pleasantly varied selection of sandwiches on offer in Marks and Spencer.

The photo was snapped by Press Association photographer, Joe Giddens.

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It's been shared far and wide on Twitter...

Who looks like they have power here, the real Brummy on the left or the EDL who migrated for the day to our city and failed to assimilate pic.twitter.com/bu96ALQsOL - Jess Phillips MP (@jessphillips) 8 April 2017

Even rent-a-gob, Piers Morgan, got in on the action. Although he did credit the photo to the wrong person.

**PHOTO OF THE WEEK**

Enraged EDL racist stared down by amused, contemptuous Asian woman. #Birmingham

(via @AlexisTrust) pic.twitter.com/5kBdrrgvGf - Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 8 April 2017

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The English Defence League (EDL) were protesting in Birmingham after their London-based one last week which was very poorly attended.

The EDL protest in Birmingham didn't seem to attract many people.



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Huffington Post reported that West Midlands Police weren't expecting many protesters, with them estimating 'less than 100'.



A statement issued by the city council on behalf of party group leaders John Clancy, Robert Alden and Jon Hunt said: "The English Defence League is not welcome in Birmingham. They will never be welcome in Birmingham.

"There is no place in our city for messages of hate. There is no place for intolerance and there is no place for violence or extremism of any kind."

The march was originally planned to take place in Derby, but it was moved after they realised that the city was 'frequented' by Khalid Masood, the man behind the Westminster terror attack.

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Masood was killed by a single gunshot to his chest after driving into pedestrians at Westminster Bridge, killing three people and leaving dozens injured. He then attacked police officer, Keith Palmer, who was guarding parliament. He died as a result of his injuries.

A fourth victim died this week after plunging into the Thames. Andreea Cristea had been in hospital on life-support following the incident.

A statement released by Andreea's family and partner said: "After fighting for her life for over two weeks, our beloved and irreplaceable Andreea - wonderful daughter, sister, partner, dedicated friend and the most unique and life loving person you can imagine - was cruelly and brutally ripped away from our lives in the most heartless and spiritless way.

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"She will always be remembered as our shining ray of light that will forever keep on shining in our hearts.

"Andreea is now unfortunately not able to have part of the money that was raised for her recovery, so we would like to donate it to charity. She would not have it any other way.

"There are no words to even begin to describe the crushing pain and emptiness that is left in our hearts."