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Photos: March for Our Lives

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of people converged Saturday in D.C. for the March for Our Lives rally against shootings and gun violence in schools.

More than 800 other concurrent marches occurred in cities across America and dozens of locations overseas.

Here are some scenes of the rallies.

Looking west away from the stage, the crowd fills Pennsylvania Avenue during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control, Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Looking west away from the stage, the crowd fills Pennsylvania Avenue during the “March for Our Lives” rally in support of gun control, Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Looking west away from the stage, the crowd fills Pennsylvania Avenue during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control, Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Daisy Hernandez, 22, of Stafford, Va., wrote "Don't Shoot," on her hands during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control, Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., closes her eyes and cries as she stands silently at the podium and times the amount of time it took the Parkland shooter to go on his killing spree during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
David Hogg, a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., speaks during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
A member of the audience becomes emotional as Zion Kelly, of Washington, who lost his twin brother Zaire to gun violence in the nation's capital in 2017, speaks during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
At D.C.'s March For Our Lives event on Saturday, March 24, 6-year-old Florence Morton from New York City holds up a sign that reads, "Protect Me Not Guns." (WTOP/Kate Ryan
Serena Corbin from Woodbridge, Virginia, holds up a sign that reads, "Keep our children safe." (WTOP/Kate Ryan)

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