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    Pride parades in photos: See how Pride Month 2024 is celebrated worldwide

    By James Powel, USA TODAY,

    5 hours ago

    The final weekend of Pride Month comes to a close Sunday ending weeks of blowout events.

    Pride Month honors the commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City , which is cited as the start of the Gay Rights movement in the United States.

    The celebration has been adopted worldwide as a symbol of solidarity across the LGBTQ+ community and comes as the movement has faced rising cultural hate and political opposition . Multiple major US cities held Pride parades Sunday as many places in Europe and South America saw major events Saturday.

    Here are some of the best pictures from Pride events from around the world.

    Pride parades around the world

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    A person participates in the LGBTIQA+ pride march for diversity, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday. Sofia Yanjari, REUTERS
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    A participant attends the LGBTQ+ Pride Parade in La Paz, Bolivia, on Saturday. Ricardo Moraes, REUTERS
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    Pamela Contreras participates in the LGBTIQA+ pride march for diversity in Concepcion, Chile, Saturday. Juan Gonzalez, REUTERS
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    In this aerial view members of the trans community carry a coffin to protest against the violence they suffer and to remember those killed during the Pride Parade in Tijuana on Saturday. GUILLERMO ARIAS, AFP via Getty Images
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    Members of the trans community carrying a coffin protest against the violence they suffer and to remember those killed during the Pride Parade in Tijuana on Saturday. GUILLERMO ARIAS, AFP via Getty Images
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    A reveler takes part in the Pride Parade along Reforma Avenue in Mexico City on Saturday. ALFREDO ESTRELLA, AFP via Getty Images
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    Members of the LGBTQ community take part in the Pride Parade in Tijuana on Saturday. GUILLERMO ARIAS, AFP via Getty Images
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    A reveler holds a sign in the shape of a heart reading "Love is Not a Crime, But Your Homophobia Is" during the Pride Parade in Guatemala City on Saturday. JOHAN ORDONEZ, AFP via Getty Images
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    Supporters of the LGBTQ community hold a large rainbow flag as they take part in the Panama Pride Parade to celebrate Pride Month in Panama City on June 29, 2024. MARTIN BERNETTI, AFP via Getty Images
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    A reveler takes part in the Pride Parade in Guatemala City on Saturday. JOHAN ORDONEZ, AFP via Getty Images
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    A person waves a rainbow flag while taking part in the annual Pride March in Santiago, Chile on Saturday. RODRIGO ARANGUA, AFP via Getty Images
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    An attendee holds a placard that reads "The RN wants to kill us", against the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party during the Marche des Fiertes LGBTQI+ (Paris annual Pride parade) in Paris, on the eve of the first round of the early French parliamentary elections in France Saturday. Abdul Saboor, REUTERS
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    People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday. Alexandros Avramidis, REUTERS
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    People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday. Alexandros Avramidis, REUTERS
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    Attendees walk under a giant flag during the Marche des Fiertes LGBTQI+ (Paris annual Pride parade) in Paris, on the eve of the first round of the early French parliamentary elections in France, Saturday. Abdul Saboor, REUTERS
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    People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday. Alexandros Avramidis, REUTERS
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    People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday. Alexandros Avramidis, REUTERS
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    People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday. Alexandros Avramidis, REUTERS
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    A person attends the 2024 Pride Parade in London Saturday. Isabel Infantes, REUTERS
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    A brass band performs at the 2024 Pride Parade in London Saturday. Mina Kim, REUTERS
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    The country's largest progressive pride flag (700 feet) as seen before it was marched to the middle of John Ringling Causeway Bridge, in Sarasota, Florida, Saturday morning, June 29, 2024. It was response to recent restrictions from Governor Ron DeSantis that prevented the bridge from being lit in rainbow colors for Pride Month, as well as in distinctive colors for Juneteenth, National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and other important causes. THOMAS BENDER/HERALD-TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK
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    Angela Singleton at SoKno Pride on Sevier Avenue, in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday. Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK
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    Izzy Tomes, 5, writes a note to add to a mirror, at SoKno Pride on Sevier Avenue, in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday. Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK
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    An attendee is seen as the country's largest progressive pride flag was marched to the middle of John Ringling Causeway Bridge, in Sarasota, Florida, Saturday. THOMAS BENDER/HERALD-TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK

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