Women's March: 500,000 people take to the streets of Washington amid global Trump protests - as it happened
Up to 2.5 million people gather at demonstrations all over the world
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Your support makes all the difference.More than half a million have gathered in Washington to protest Donald Trump's inauguration, while millions of others - including an estimated 100,000 people marching through London - have taken part in demonstrations around the world. Here are how events unfolded:
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- Antarctica among locations of almost 700 marches
- All the US protests taking place in one map
- 'It might not change anything but we cannot stay silent'
- Some of the stars performing at the Washington march
- UK demonstrators call for #bridgesnotwalls
- Violence breaks out after anti-Trump protests
- What Donald Trump has planned for his first day
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Women's Marches are a collective of events against the 45th President are taking place at different cities around the world. The London march is expected to be among the biggest outside the US, with thousands of protesters attending from noon.
Thousands more are expected to march on New York and Washington, while protests have also taken place in countries including Australia and New Zealand.
Organisers say they decided to organise the action due to their distress and dismay at the politician's election. Although originating in the US, off-shoots soon emerged around the world as others overseas sought to show solidarity.
Mr Trump was criticised for expressing misogynistic beliefs during the election campaign. Such criticisms intensified as video footage emerged of the politician appearing to gloat about committing sexual assault.
He has also been accused of having "ableist" attitudes after mocking a journalist who has a disability.
Concerns have also been raised that Mr Trump denies climate change and has been critical of LGBT rights.
The march is billed as "woman-led" but welcomes "people of all genders".
In its mission statement, the march organisers say: "We will march, wherever we march, for the protection of our fundamental rights and for the safeguarding of freedoms threatened by recent political events. We unite and stand together for the dignity and equality of all peoples, for the safety and health of our planet and for the strength of our vibrant and diverse communities.
"We will come together in the spirit of democracy, honouring the champions of human rights who have gone before us. Please spread the word, so that our numbers are too great to ignore and the message to the world is clear.The politics of fear and division have no place in 2017."
High profile speakers including Labour MPs Yvette Cooper and Stella Creasy are to address the crowds.
Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War army veteran who lost both her legs during her service, takes to the stage In DC
“I didn’t shed blood for this country, I didn’t give up literally parts of my body to have the constitution trampled on... We did not serve to protect the constitution to have them roll back our rights,” says Ms Duckworth.
Scarlett Johansson now addressing the DC march.
She says: "I believe with every fibre of my being that the conversations we have with our partners and doctors about what to do with our bodies should not be fodder for ant politician or agenda"
Thousands are out on the streets of Los Angeles on a bright Saturday morning there
Elsewhere, Israel's president has congratulated President Donald Trump on his inauguration and invited him to Jerusalem.
Reuven Rivlin sent a letter on Saturday, at the end of the Jewish Sabbath, and thanked Mr Trump for being “a longstanding friend” of Israel.
Israel made great efforts to refrain from taking sides in the election. But after repeated clashes with ex-President Barack Obama, Israel's nationalist right has high expectations for Trump.
Up to 150,000 people in Chicago for a demonstration, with another large crowd in Boston
Some of those trying to make the march in Washington have not been able to make it...
Washington DC's top security official says organisers have decided the crowd is too big to conduct a formal march to the White House.
“They are going to tell the crowd they can go to the Ellipse if they want, but they are not doing the normal parade route, there is too many people,” said Christopher Geldart, director of the DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.
In his first full day in office, Donald Trump is expected to meet with and thank officials at CIA headquarters in Virginia on Saturday morning. The meeting follows the intelligence community's findings that the Russian government interfered with the presidential election with intentions to help Mr Trump win the presidency.
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