Protests and Demonstrations

Scenes of large crowds rallying and holding signs, expressing various social and political messages in urban settings.

Demonstration Against A AfD Event in New Isenburg 1074707082

Demonstration Against A AfD Event in New Isenburg 1074707082

Hundreds of thousands demonstrate on Berlin, 21 January 2024 against the rising far-right political forces in Germany, pictures in front of the German Bundestag

Denver, Colorado, The annual Martin Luther King Day Marade (march + parade).

Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisian women chant slogans during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian women on International Women's Day in Tunis on March 8, 2024.

St. Paul, Minnesota. Women rights protest. Women call on Minnesota State Representatives to support a bipartisan bill that incorporates criminal sexual conduct provisions & create a new sexual extortion crime.

FRA - RENNES - DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE NEW LABOUR LAW. Rennes, 21 September 2017, demonstration against the new labor law.FRA - RENNES - MANIFESTATION CONTRE LA NOUVELLE LOI TRAVAIL. Rennes, 21 septembre 2017, manifestation contre la nouvelle loi travail.

Enough is Enough Protest in Toronto - 05-03-2023

Protesters holding up Black Trans Lives Matter and Protect Trans Women Signs during Protest outside Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA

St. Paul, Minnesota. Education rally. Teachers and educators from across the state rally at the Education Minnesota building before heading to the capitol to rally for good schools and dignified work. The group is calling for better pay and fair contracts for educators.

People walking at a Black Lives Matter march.

Thousands march through downtown Toronto calling for justice after the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a young black woman who fell from her balcony.

Motorcycle police officer passing protesters with signs

Detroit, Michigan USA, 24 June 2023, A Freedom Walk, organized by the NAACP, celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 Walk to Freedom. At that event, King led over 100,000 civil rights activists marching in Detroit and then delivered an early version of his famous ""I Have a Dream"" speech. Union members, including auto workers, were a large part of the crowd.

People protest against the tax reform proposed by the national government.

Protestors and media at a Donald Trump Rally; Anaheim, California, United States of America

Demonstrators protest against the reform of the infection protection law, which will be passed today in the Bundestag and Bundesrat, photographed in Berlin, 18.11.2020. Among the demonstrators are Reichsbuerger, neo-Nazis as well as Corona deniers., Berlin, Germany, Europe

Benton Harbor Riots

Detroit, Michigan, Following the 50th anniversary of the voting rights struggle in Selma, Alabama, Detroit residents marched for racial justice. The event was organized by pastors of local African-American churches.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 8, 2026, Protest at the Whipple Federal building in response to the shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who killed the woman.

12/2019, France, Demonstration against pension reform, Paris Opera, 17/12/2019, France

Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 8, 2026, Protest at the Whipple Federal building in response to the shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who killed the woman.

Royal Oak, Michigan USA, 11 March 2023, A small group of conservative Republicans protesting the Sidetrack Bookshops Drag Queen Story Hour were outnumbered by many hundreds of counter-protesters supporting the LGBTQ community

Immigration march and rally

Silent protesters march in the rain through neighborhoods in Seattle calling attention to the Black Lives Matter Movement and Police Brutality

Some people hold a poster against the national government of Colombia.

People sitting in Black Lives Matter Protest at Hawaii State Capitol

Make America rally and march, Protest to arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Biden supporters celebrate his win outside the White House on Nov. 7.

A Tea Party Express rally in suburban Detroit, Clinton Township, Michigan, USA, North America

Demonstrators participating in "Hands Off" National Day of Action Protest, New York City, New York, USA

Detroit, Michigan USA, 28 October 2023, Thousands of Palestinian-Americans and their supporters rallied in downtown Detroit to call for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza

Black live matter protest

Lansing, Michigan, An immigrant rights march organized by the Lansing Workers' Center.

Protest, sign and mockup with a black woman activist holding cardboard during a rally or demonstration. Poster, freedom and politics with a young female fighting for human rights or equality

Grand Blanc, Michigan USA, 5 October 2018, Six members of the conservative Westboro Baptist Church picketed Grand Blanc High School on the day of homecoming, claiming that God will punish ""sinners"" who don't adhere to traditional sexual roles. Students at the school selected a transgender student as their homecoming prince two years ago. The group was met by hundreds of counter-protesters.

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants participate in march for Immigrants and Mexicans protesting against Illegal Immigration reform by U.S. Congress, Los Angeles, CA, May 1, 2006

Demonstration of 800,000 people in Hong Kong for World Human Rights Day.Manifestation de 800 000 personnes à Hong Kong pour la journée mondiale des Droits de l'Homme.

Protest, shouting and woman with megaphone in city marching for gender equality, justice and freedom. Demonstration, social change and crowd of people for human rights, free speech and and revolution

30th Anniversary of Roe V. Wade, supporters clash at the U.S. Supreme Court

Members and supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBTQI) participate in the pride parade amid COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on March 21, 2021 in Guwahati, India. Pride parade celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary and queer social and self acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride.

HONG KONG - PROTEST - MARCHE VERS LE CONSULAT AMERICAINMarche des manifestants hongkongais pro-democratie vers le consultat américain en remerciement au President Dolnald Trump, au senat et au congres pour la loi en leur faveur.HONG KONG - PROTEST - MARCH TO THE AMERICAN CONSULATEPro-democracy Hong Kong demonstrators march to the US consulate in gratitude to President Dolnald Trump, the Senate and Congress for the law in their favour.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 30th Sep, 2021. Activist Katherine Gandy, Matriarchal Circle Founder speaks during the Orange Shirt Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation at Dundas Square, to heal, raise awareness and rise together as an Indigenous Community.Organized by Matriarchal Circle, a Toronto-based grassroots organization impacted by child welfare agencies. The Matriarchal Circle's vision is for child welfare to be practiced in Toronto in true Indigenous grassroots led circles, ''as opposed to the neo-colonial, oppressive, genocidal acts in the current child welfare system. (C

Protesters picketing over human trafficking laws outside state courthouse, lower Manhattan, New York

Lansing, Michigan, September 16, 2006, A small group of students counter-demonstrated as members of the NAACP marched to the Michigan state capitol to oppose Proposal 2 on the November ballot. The so-called Michigan Civil Rights Initiative would ban affirmative action by state agencies and public universities.

Retired auto workers picket Solidarity House, the headquarters of the United Auto Workers, urging their union to fight for a single payer healthcare system, Detroit, Michigan, USA, North America

USA, New York, New York City, Celebrating Queens Gay Pride 2013 (Jackson Heights Gay Pride 2013)

Enough is Enough Protest in Toronto - 05-03-2023

Demonstrators participating in "No Kings" Protest March, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, October 1, 2025

Members of Asian American and Pacific Islanders Mildenhall performed Tiklos, a native Filipino dance, as part of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month atRoyal Air Force Mildenhall, England, May 20, 2022. The Tiklos, a native Filipino dance, was one of several dance performances featured at Mildenhalls Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage display.

Maple Grove, Minnesota, An Asian family at a protest to stop Asian hate and to remember the victims of the Atlanta Killings.

Protester with No Kings since 1776 protest sign at anti-Trump rally in June 2025. This protest in Moscow Idaho on June 14, 2025 included about 800 protesters.

Demonstration with balloons and a police officer accompanying the crowd, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Ottawa, Canada - July 1, 2021: Cancel Canada Day protest rally on Parliament Hill in support of Indigenous people. Every Child Matters. People wearing

A group of people protesting with banners. Someone uses a megaphone to address the crowd during the Occupy Toronto protest in St. James Park on November 21, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Volunteers pass out refreshments to runners along the route during the 15th Annual Marine Corps Historic Half (MCHH) in Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 22, 2022. the MCHH course features 13.1 miles of scenic and historic landmarks in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia. (Marine photo by Mr. Tarnish Pride)

Benton Harbor Riots

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants participate in march for Immigrants and Mexicans protesting against Illegal Immigration reform by U.S. Congress, Los Angeles, CA, May 1, 2006

Italy, Sardinia, Ovodda. Woman with black face paint and a cardboard headpiece at a pagan celebration.

A huge demonstration of young, coloured, black and white people protesting against rassism and police brutality in Zuerich City in times of Covid-19 Corona Pandemie

Biden supporters celebrate his win outside the White House on Nov. 7.

People attend Orange Shirt Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Day at Dundas Square in Toronto, Ontario, to heal, raise awareness and ris

Biden supporters celebrate his win outside the White House on Nov. 7.

Klimademo von Fridays for Future am 15.09.2023 in Berlin

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants participate in march for Immigrants and Mexicans protesting against Illegal Immigration reform by U.S. Congress, Los Angeles, CA, May 1, 2006

Unifor Local 88 members, their families and members of other unions participate in a solidarity rally in Ingersoll, ON, on Oct, 6, 2017. The workers h

A huge demonstration of young, coloured, black and white people protesting against rassism and police brutality in Zuerich City

Participants parading in support of Gay Muslims in the Annual Gay Pride Parade, London, England

Tourists looking at The King's Chapel Burying Ground historic site with Old Boston City Hall, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

FRA - GILETS JAUNES DE DINANSamedi 26 Janvier, tentative de rassemblement des gilets jaunes dans le centre ville de Dinan.FRA - YELLOW VESTS OF DINANSaturday, January 26, attempt to collect yellow vests in downtown Dinan.

WA, Seattle, Gay Pride Parade. (Editorial Usage Only)

Demonstrators participating in "No Kings" Protest March, Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, October 1, 2025

Crowd of Protesters with Signs, "End Racial Bias in Maternal Healthcare", during Juneteenth March, New York City, New York, USA

Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war in the railway station of the small border town Przemysl.

Protest during Cape Town water crisis, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Detroit, Michigan, The annual Cinco de Mayo parade in the Mexican-American neighborhood of southwest Detroit.

A huge demonstration of young, coloured, black and white people protesting against rassism and police brutality in Zuerich City

Anti-Trump protesters wave flags in front of Ohio statehouse

St. Paul, Minnesota. Women rights protest. Women confront a man who was disrupting the rally with remarks against the women. .

Arrival ceremony for Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 12:00PM. View of a motorcade in honor of Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I; President John F. Kennedy and Emperor Selassie ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible). Crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Washington, D.C.

Toronto, Canada. 30th Sep, 2021. People attend the Orange Shirt Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation at Dundas Square, to heal, raise awareness and rise together as an Indigenous Community.Organized by Matriarchal Circle, a Toronto-based grassroots organization impacted by child welfare agencies. The Matriarchal Circle's vision is for child welfare to be practiced in Toronto in true Indigenous grassroots led circles, "as opposed to the neo-colonial, oppressive, genocidal acts in the current child welfare system. Credit: SOPA Images Limited/Alamy Live News

Oxford, UK. 13th Jan, 2013. A supporter holds a placard in support of the "Idle No More" solidarity action held in Oxford on 12 January 2013. Idle no More is a resistance movement led by Indigenous women of Canada who calls on people to honour and fulfill indigenous sovereignty.

Detroit, Michigan, A rally urging justice for Trayvon Martin, the unarmed African-American teenager who was shot to death in Florida by a neighborhood watch volunteer. The rally was organized by the NAACP, the United Auto Workers, and other community groups.

Unifor Local 88 members, their families and members of other unions participate in a solidarity rally in Ingersoll, ON, on Oct, 6, 2017. The workers h

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