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Photos: Inauguration protests in DC

Standoff at K Street. Numerous flash-bang canisters lobbed into crowd and this man did not back off. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)
Standoff at K Street. Numerous flash-bang canisters lobbed into crowd and this man did not back off. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)
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Standoff at K Street. Numerous flash-bang canisters lobbed into crowd and this man did not back off. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)
A protester responds to lawyers working to identify the detained and offer assistance. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)
A demonstrator at an anti-Trump rally on Friday, Jan.20, 2017 at McPherson Square. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)
Man who was pepper-sprayed when conflict boiled over near 12th and K streets NW pleads with police to get past their cordon and retrieve his bike, saying "The bike didn't do anything wrong!" (WTOP/Kate Ryan)
Participant at an anti-Trump rally in McPherson Square on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)
Protesters step out of paddy wagons and are processed for transport on Inauguration Day 2017. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)
Demonstrators before stepping off to march. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)

WASHINGTON — On Jan. 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Americans flocked to the nation’s capital to both celebrate and protest the new president.

Here are some images from the protests taking place.

See images of Trump, his family and team on Inauguration Day 2017.

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