Anti-Trump activists have staged protests around the US and the world on the day of Donald J Trump's inauguration as the 45th President of the US. Protesters organised by a group called Disrupt J20 linked arms at one of the dozen security checkpoints leading to a public viewing area in Washington DC. Disrupt J20 said the protest was a sign of its displeasure over Trump's controversial comments about women, illegal immigrants and Muslims.
Thousands of people in New York marched to Trump Tower, the businessman's home, while activists in cities around Europe hung banners from bridges, referring to Trump's campaign promise of building a wall on the US-Mexican border.
Activists run after being hit by a stun grenade while protesting against US President-elect Donald Trump on the sidelines of the inauguration in WashingtonAdrees Latif/ReutersAn activist demonstrating against US President Donald Trump is helped after being hit by pepper sprayAdrees Latif/ReutersProtesters clash with police while demonstrating against Donald Trump in Washington DCAdrees Latif/ReutersProtesters demonstrating against Donald Trump raise their hands as they are surrounded by police on the sidelines of the inaugurationAdrees Latif/ReutersDemonstrators protest against US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, DCDominick Reuter/AFPDemonstrators protest against US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, DCJewel Samad/AFPProtesters gesture outside the National Press Club in Washington DC, during the Deplorable BallPaul J. Richards/AFPProtesters chain themselves to an entry point prior at the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington DCBryan Woolston/ReutersAmerican citizens Tim Ortiz and Donald Goertzen light candles while holding up placards during a protest ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, outside the Manila American Cemetery in Taguig city, Metro Manila, PhilippinesEzra Acayan/ReutersDemonstrators hang a banner that reads 'Act Now! Build Bridges not Walls' from Tower Bridge during a protest against the inauguration of Donald TrumpToby Melville/ReutersDemonstrators hold a banner on Ironbridge in Shropshire during a protest against the inauguration of Donald TrumpDarren Staples/ReutersA group of protestors gather beneath a banner reading 'Build bridges not walls' hanging from a window on Pulteney Bridge in BathMatt Cardy/Getty ImagesA banner reading 'Migrants Welcome Here' is unfurled on Westminster Bridge in London to protest against the inauguration of Donald TrumpLeon Neal/Getty ImagesA demonstrator against US President-elect Donald Trump stands in the foreground of the US Capitol on the National Mall before Trump is sworn inShannon Stapleton/ReutersPeople hold signs at a protest against President-elect Donald Trump near Trump Tower in New YorkStephanie Keith/ReutersPeople rally against US President-elect Donald Trump outside Trump International Hotel and Tower at Columbus Circle in ManhattanStephen Yang/ReutersProtesters from the 'Bridges Not Walls' movement gather on Bristol BridgeMatt Cardy/Getty ImagesActivists from Greenpeace display a message reading 'Mr President, walls divide, build bridges', along the Berlin wallJohn MacDougall/AFPPalestinian demonstrators in the West Bank city of Nablus take part in a protest against a promise by US President-elect Donald Trump to relocate the US embassy to JerusalemAbed Omar Qusini/ReutersA demonstrator holds a sign outside Goldman Sach's Lower Manhattan headquarters during a protest against the Wall Street bank's ties to the incoming administration of US President-Elect Donald TrumpBria Webb/ReutersDemonstrators protest against US President-elect Donald Trump before his inauguration in Washington DCJewel Samad/AFPAn anarchist chains himself to the front gate of the Consulate General of the United States in Hong KongIsaac Lawrence/AFPActivists burn a mock US flag with President-elect Donald Trump's portrait during a rally in front of the US embassy in Manila, the PhilippinesTed Aljibe/AFPActivists hold up signs during a Deplorable Ball protest in a street in Washington, DCPaul J. Richards/AFPActor Alec Baldwin speaks at the We Stand United rally on the eve of US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration outside Trump International Hotel and Tower in New YorkBryan R Smith/AFP
By far the largest protest is expected to be Saturday's Women's March on Washington, which some 200,000 people from around the country are expected to attend.
