Anastasia Demetriadou became an inadvertent symbol of protests in Cyprus after she was hit in the face by a water cannon at a demonstration on February 13, leaving the 25-year-old facing emergency surgery to save her left eye. Thousands have staged demonstrations on the holiday island in recent weeks, angered by months of lockdown, economic woes and a string of corruption scandals.

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