Photos from Women’s Marches around the world

By Kainaz Amaria and Tara Golshan Updated Jan 22, 2017, 10:13am EST

Women’s March on Washington, January 21, 2017.

In Boston, event planners for a sister Women’s March were expecting around 25,000 participants. Come Saturday, more than 100,000 people filled the streets. At the main event in Washington, DC, crowds are estimated at half a million.

It’s a story being told around the world.

From small towns in Illinois and Idaho to city centers including Los Angeles and San Francisco to Paris, London, and the ancient city of Athens, Greece, thousands of demonstrators are rallying for women’s rights, prompted by Donald Trump’s newly officiated presidency and in response to events in their own countries.

After Trump’s victory in November, plans for a Women’s March on Washington caught international attention, prompting sister marches in 60 countries and all seven continents. Fourteen marches were planned in the United Kingdom, and organizers in India expressed solidarity with the hashtag #IWillGoOut, also in response to an alleged mass assault on women on New Year's Eve, as Vox’s Sarah Wildman reported. There was even a march in Antarctica.

According to event planners, the international protests aim to remind Trump that his rhetoric is not acceptable. Trump has bragged about groping women, made degrading comments about women’s bodies, and claimed (and then retracted) that women should be punished for having abortions. During the campaign, a dozen women accused him of sexual assault.

In response, demonstrators in cities around the world are armed with signs, both championing women’s rights and admonishing Trump, while donning pink hats with cat ears — a nod to Trump’s comment about grabbing women “by the pussy.”

Here are photographs from Women’s March gatherings around the world and here at home:

Park City, Utah

London, England

Hundreds of thousands joined the Women's March, January 21st, 2017 in London. The march was part of a global respons to the inaurguration of President Donald Trump.

Athens, Greece

A child carries a sign as migrants and refugees demonstrate in Athens on January 21, 2017, in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US President.

Washington, DC

Paris, France

Denver, Colorado

Tens of thousands in Civic Center Park for the Women's March on Denver January 21, 2017.

Lisbon, Portugal

People hold placards during a march in central Lisbon on January 21, 2017 in a mark of  solidarity for the political rally promoting the rights and equality for women, Women's March on Washington, taking place today in the US capital.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Demonstrators make their way from the iamsterdam statue in front of the Rijksmuseum towards US Consulate during the Women's March held at Museumplein on January 21, 2017 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Berlin, Germany

A Woman wearing a USA flag as a headscarf attends a protest for women's rights and freedom in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington in front of Brandenburger Tor on January 21, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.

New York, New York

Protesters march in New York during the Women’s March on January 21, 2017.

Boston, Massachusetts

Thousands of people filled Boston Common for the Boston Women's March for America on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.

Dublin, Ireland

Los Angeles, California

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