Photos: the 2018 Women’s March weekend focused on power and politics

From small towns to major international cities, throngs of people came together to march for gender equality, intersectionality, and a 2018 “blue wave.”

By Michelle Garcia Jan 22, 2018, 12:00pm EST

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Power and politics were top of mind this weekend as hundreds of thousands of people gathered in major cities and small towns around the world to march for gender equality under the banner of the Women’s March while also protesting the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

In Las Vegas, the organizers of last year’s inaugural Women’s March held a Power to the Polls rally, kicking off a year-long push to get women into political office and to register a million new voters. But the focus on politics wasn’t just felt in Vegas — marchers in cities across the country held signs promising sweeping changes for the upcoming midterm elections and criticizing Trump administration policies such as immigration and reproductive health care access. All of this took place, of course, in the beginning of a government shutdown over the federal budget and immigration reform.

It was inevitable the march would also include a focus on the ongoing reckoning with sexual assault and harassment that has dominated the news in recent months. Actress and director Asia Argento received a hero’s welcome at the march in Rome, after facing public derision when she came forward accusing producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault last year.

Women at the Los Angeles event brandished signs declaring “Me Too,” as celebrity speakers like Natalie Portman, Viola Davis, and Scarlett Johansson, and others affiliated with the Time’s Up initiative to tackle gender inequality in workplaces, spoke out about their own experiences and outlined the next steps for tamping down on harassment in the entertainment industry and elsewhere.

Athens, Greece

Bangor, Maine

This weekend is the one-year anniversary of President Trump swearing in but many across the country and the state of Maine are participating in a Women’s March to mark the anniversary of last January’s Women’s March, including here in Bangor. @WABI_TV5 pic.twitter.com/zkId6dnejd
— Alyssa Thurlow (@AlyssaJThurlow) January 20, 2018

Berlin, Germany

Bozeman, Montana

Great turnout at the Women’s March in Bozeman! pic.twitter.com/b1ZZ03syVd
— Nicole M. R. Ritter (@rosenleaf) January 20, 2018

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Women's march in Chattanooga pic.twitter.com/DCYcqosCTS
— hateration (@wolfmomma17) January 20, 2018

Chicago, Illinois

Las Vegas, Nevada

London, England

Los Angeles, California

Morristown, New Jersey

Nashville, Tennessee

An estimated 15,000+ attended the Women's March and rally in downtown Nashville Saturday. pic.twitter.com/pZZXC4y2lN
— Nick Caloway WKRN (@NickJCaloway) January 20, 2018

New York City

Oakland, California

At @LWV_Oakland booth at Oakland Women's March. About 30,000 people, many creative signs. We are going to march to City Hall from Lake Merritt. pic.twitter.com/aQcCX6GJ6Q
— John Cha (@AuthorJCha) January 20, 2018

Omaha, Nebraska

HAPPENING NOW: Huge crowd at the Omaha Women's March at the Gene Leahy Mall. pic.twitter.com/3YdVM2yYjZ
— James Wilcox KETV (@JamesWilcoxKETV) January 20, 2018

Paris, France

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rome, Italy

San Francisco, California

Women’s March in San Francisco. May the many sentiments expressed here today rise to strategic action and real change. #womensmarch #womensmarchsf #womensmarch2018 #metoo #resist #resistance pic.twitter.com/QpvudgyBLX
— Melinda Briana Epler (@mbrianaepler) January 20, 2018

Seattle, Washington

St. Louis, Missouri

Stockholm, Sweden

Protesters Take To Streets Of Stockholm For The 2018 Women's March

Washington, DC

Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

Women's March Whitehorse, Yukon 2018 #womensMarch2018 pic.twitter.com/9L2scY54b5
— Brenda Berezan (@BBerezan) January 21, 2018

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