As Mexico protestors are determined to rattle the government, they hung a manga flag showing a skull wearing a straw hat. The juxtaposition of the cartoon flag with the protests may have seemed bizarre, but for the Gen Z protestors who filled the streets of Mexico, the gesture was packed with meaning.

Characters and symbols from popular culture are often adopted by protesters to convey a shared cause or value system, as the pirate skull flag became a symbol of GenZ protests across the world, Al Jazeera reported.