Experts are now estimating that between 3.3 and 4.6 million people participated in the over 550 Women’s Marches held in towns and cities across America on Saturday, January 21, 2017. What must be added to that already record-making number – the Women’s March is now the largest protest in United States history – are the hundreds of thousands of marchers who took to the streets in more than 100 cities around the world. And thanks to our Women You Should Know readers who submitted photos from their local Women’s Marches in 17 different countries, we now have a visual archive of this inspiring show of global solidarity in the fight for women’s rights and equality for all.
Here are 33 of those images that capture the spirit and magnitude of the day.
see all reader submitted photos from U.S. and international Women’s Marches in our photo gallery
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Photo submitted by Amy La Grue
Copenhagen, Denmark – Photo submitted by Anne Bettina Pedersen
Montréal, Canada – Photo submitted by Anne-Sophie Courtois
Brisbane, Australia – Photo submitted by Benza Vickisdóttir
Accra, Ghana – Photo submitted by Carly Friesen
Edinburgh, Scotland – Photo submitted by Cerri Mckenzie, via the Edinburgh Women’s March page
Macau, China – Photo submitted by Chelsea Patrea
Belgrade, Serbia – Photo submitted by Ejmi Volpe
Belgrade, Serbia – Photo submitted by Ejmi Volpe
Cape Town, South Africa – Photo submitted by Germana Conoscenti
Liverpool, England – Photo submitted by Giorgina Romero Lozano
Geneva, Switzerland – Photo submitted by Gloria Lu
Geneva, Switzerland – Photo submitted by Gloria Lu
Calgary, Alberta, Canada – Photo submitted by Holly Turnbull
Dublin, Ireland – Photo submitted by Jennifer Gordon
Sydney, Australia – Photo submitted by Jo Staker
Melbourne, Australia – Photo submitted by Joanna Thoo, “The banner took a lady 6 months to crochet!”
Ottawa, Canada – Photo submitted by Jonquil Garrick
Durban, South Africa – Photo submitted by Leigh Church
Durban, South Africa – Photo submitted by Leigh Church
London, England – Photo submitted by Lizzie Maughan
Vancouver, Canada – Photo submitted by Margaret Buttner
Shipley, England – Photo submitted by Max Ibrahim
Vancouver, Canada – Photo submitted by Meg Towhey
Cracow, Poland – Photo submitted by Monika Bujak
Toronto, Canada – Photo submitted by Monique Sanfab
Christchurch, New Zealand – Photo submitted by Naomi Alex van den Broek
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Photo submitted by Romy De Vries
Calgary, Canada – Photo submitted by Shelby Montgomery
Lisbon, Portugal – Photo submitted by Sofia Monjardino – “Respect and equality are human rights too”
Mexico City, Mexico – Photo submitted by Yaneth Martell, “We are Americans vacationing in Mexico City and could not miss this march.”
London, England – Photo submitted by Jessica Wade