Protest in Pictures: Resistance Swells Around the World as Trump Sworn In
From New York City to London, people demonstrate against what new U.S. president represents
A plane flew a protest banner above New York City during Donald Trump's inauguration. (Photo: Alex Wellerstein/Twitter)
On an Inauguration Day that feels dark to many, people around the world are gathering in solidarity and protest to vocally oppose the far-right agenda of the new U.S. president.
In the U.K., an advocacy group called Bridges Not Walls organized a series of "banner drops" to vocalize sustained opposition to the right-wing tenets of President Donald Trump's campaign, as well as the far-right populism currently rising in Europe.
In cities around the U.S., protesters expressed unity and strength and called on each other to resist Trump's agenda during the coming four years.
Elsewhere, people expressed horror, determination, and opposition to xenophobia, sexism, and corruption.
What follows is a collection of photos and Tweets that show global support for a more humanitarian vision of the world, in opposition to the far-right views espoused by Trump:
#Solidarity to all protesting around the world #TrumpInauguration Big London protest #StandUpToTrump #Trump #StandUpToRacism @AntiRacismDay pic.twitter.com/rVoS2U750X
— Unite the Resistance (@resistunite) January 20, 2017
Anti-Donald Trump protest opposite US Embassy in Colombo @SriLanka @realDonaldTrump #srilanka #TrumpProtest pic.twitter.com/FK85BV1Vfr
— Sunil Jayasiri (@sjayasiri) January 20, 2017
Crowd swells at San Francisco Trump protest as thousands head up Market Street pic.twitter.com/vTvP1l3DLO
— Peter Fimrite (@pfimrite) January 20, 2017
Glasgow stands in solidarity with those in USA marginalised by trumpism & opposing oppression in the streets #disruptj20 #TrumpInauguration pic.twitter.com/FDePrAEeyH
— Glasgow AFed (@GlasgowAFed) January 20, 2017
#Berlin #inauguration #trump #protest pic.twitter.com/KsulOQaKHF
— ChristineOlderdissen (@CheOlderdissen) January 20, 2017
.@Greenpeace activists gathered at the Berlin Wall to protest President Trump's views on migration, race & the environment. #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/QbJZQd3Yel
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 20, 2017
This morning on Millennium Bridge in London. #BridgesNotWalls pic.twitter.com/SruWoqkdpb
— People For Bernie (@People4Bernie) January 20, 2017
The international display of solidarity will only continue, as Saturday's planned "Women's March on Washington" against Trump's agenda has gone global.