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The Women’s March on Washington started near the Capitol. The crowds were large enough that many could not reach the rally on the National Mall earlier in the morning on Jan. 21.

Taraji P. Henson as Katherine G. Johnson and Janelle Monáe as Mary Jackson in Hidden Figures.

Pink ‘pussyhats’ dotted the crowd on Saturday’s march in DC.

A woman in a tree holds a sign reading ‘we are the future.’

The signs at the Women’s March in DC highlighted a range of issues, from climate change, to women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, to the Black Lives Matter movement.

A few blocks from the White House, protestors began chanting “ Hey hey, ho ho, Trump and Pence have got to go!”

Steven Barkhimer, Paula Plum, Erica Spyres, and Dan Whelton in Lyric Stage’s adaptation of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The crowd at the Women’s March comprised older and younger people, women as well as men. Some had marched in DC before; one man had previously protested the Vietnam War.

At the intersection of 14th & H streets, demonstrators briefly blocked traffic, dancing to chants of “if we don’t get not justice, then they don’t get no peace.” A small group of marchers joined in, but many walked past.

A man marches a llama toward McPherson Square, where a demonstration against President Donald Trump began as he took the oath of office.

DC Metro reported that 1,001,613 rides were taken on the day of the Women’s March. Since this double-counts people who rode the Metro to get back where they came from, the actual number of riders is likely closer to h...