Here Are The Latest Photos From March For Our Lives

Thousands of people descended on Washington, D.C., Saturday to attend the March For Our Lives protest and bring attention to the issues of gun control and gun violence.

Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, spearheaded the event after 17 people were killed last month in a mass shooting at the school.

Check out the latest photos from March For Our Lives rallies in Washington and around the world:

Washington, D.C.

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Daisy Hernandez, 22, joins students and gun control advocates for the March For Our Lives event.

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Students react during a speech at the rally.

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez stayed silent for 6 minutes and 20 seconds in her speech.

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The crowd listens as Emma Gonzalez speaks at the rally.

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Gonzalez included six minutes and twenty seconds of silence in her speech, the time it took a shooter to kill 17 students and faculty at Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Los Angeles student Edna Chavez cries as she speaks about the shooting death of her 14-year-old brother as she addresses students and gun control advocates during the "March for Our Lives".

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21-year-old Alexander Voneiff of Alexandria, Virginia, cries as he shows marchers his "Enough" shirt.

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Young girls wave down at marchers from the balcony of the Newseum.

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A boy displays his hand-made sign as he poses for a photograph.

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Demi Lovato performs 'Skyscraper' during the March for Our Lives.

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Singer Lin-Manuel Miranda (L) and Singer Ben Platt perform.

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Parkland, Florida

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People hold signs as they participate in the March For Our Lives event at Pine Trails Park before walking to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students hold their fists up in the air.

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Chris Lehman and his wife Sandra Lehman hug.

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Houston

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Activists wear red robes and white bonnets based on "The Handmaid's Tale in downtown Houston, Texas.

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A woman wears stickers in Houston.

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New York City

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Protesters hold photos of victims of school shootings in New York City.

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High school students from New Jersey hold American flags as they attend the March For Our Lives just north of Columbus Circle.

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Rocio Klotz, age 6, holds a protest sign.

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Sir Paul McCartney attends the March For Our Lives.

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Miami

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People hold signs while rallying in the street during "March for Our Lives," demanding stricter gun control laws at the Miami Beach Senior High School in Miami, Florida.

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Boston

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Students lead Boston's March for Our Lives down Tremont Street.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren joins students gathered at Madison Park High School before the March for Our Lives in Boston.

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Students and adults gather at Madison Park High School.

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Los Angeles

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Women hold signs as they attend the March For Our Lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Berlin, Germany

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Demonstrators protest at the March for our Lives demonstration in Berlin, Germany. The protest in Berlin was intended to show solidarity with demonstrations across the U.S.

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Local teacher Ellen Braendle speaks to the crowd.

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Demonstrators lay on the ground in protest.

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Paris, France

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A large group of Americans and French hold a March for Our Lives anti-NRA anti-gun rally on Place de Trocadero, facing the Eiffel Tower, on March 24, 2018 in Paris, France.