On March 14, students all across the globe took part in a school walkout for 17 minutes to protest gun violence. Check out the photos from one of the largest student-led demonstrations in decades.
WASHINGTON — Students all across the world took part in the National School Walkout to protest gun violence on March 14.
Check out photos from the protests and walkouts around the world.
Marvin Barton and Josh Ycay, of JFK High School, at the National School Walkout, in front of the Capitol on March 14, 2018.
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WTOP/Kristi King
Students from Winston Churchill High School, in Potomac, Maryland, at the National School Walkout, in front of the Capitol on March 14, 2018.
(WTOP/Kristi King)
WTOP/Kristi King
Code Pink is among those demanding action on March 14, 2018.
(WTOP/Kristi King)
WTOP/Kristi King
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ arrival (center in white) caused an uproar among students demanding action at the U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2018.
(WTOP/Kristi King)
WTOP/Kristi King
More than 28 D.C.-area schools are participated in the walkout on March 14, 2018.
(WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
WTOP/Nick Iannelli
Students sit silently in protest in front of the White House on March 14, 2018.
(WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
WTOP/Nick Iannelli
Students sit silently in protest in front of the White House on March 14, 2018.
(WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
WTOP/Nick Iannelli
“We’re tired of seeing children die,” said one protester at the silent gun control rally outside the White House on March 14, 2018.
(WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
WTOP/Nick Iannelli
(WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
Students rally at the Capitol against gun violence on March 14, 2018.
(WTOP/Kristi King)
WTOP/Kristi King
Students rally in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Students walked out of school to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
After a rally in front of the White House, students march up Pennsylvania Avenue toward Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Students walked out of school to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Students walk out of Midwood High School as part of a nationwide protest against gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. It is the nation’s biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
Diamond Bryant, center, a freshman at James Ferris High School walks with classmates during a student walkout, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Jersey City, N.J. Students across the country planned to participate in walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla.
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Students at Yarmouth High School participate in a walkout to protest gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Yarmouth, Maine. Leaders of the rally address the crowd from the back of a pick-up truck in front of the school. Yarmouth is one of the few schools in Maine that did not cancel school on Wednesday as the state digs out from the third major winter storm in two weeks.
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty
Hundreds of students walk out of Midwood High School as part of a nationwide protest against gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. It is the nation’s biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
Students exit the building before gathering on their soccer field during a 17-minute walkout protest at the Stivers School for the Arts, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Dayton, Ohio. Students across the country planned to participate in walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla.
(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
AP Photo/John Minchillo
Students gather on their soccer field during a 17-minute walkout protest at the Stivers School for the Arts, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Dayton, Ohio. Students across the country planned to participate in walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla.
(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
AP Photo/John Minchillo
Students gather on their soccer field during a 17-minute walkout protest at the Stivers School for the Arts, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Dayton, Ohio. Students across the country planned to participate in walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla.
(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
AP Photo/John Minchillo
Signs at National School Walkout at Prince George’s County Public Schools.
(Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter)
Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter
Signs at National School Walkout at Prince George’s County Public Schools.
(Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter)
Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter
Signs at National School Walkout at Prince George’s County Public Schools.
(Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter)
Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter
Signs at National School Walkout at Prince George’s County Public Schools.
(Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter)
Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter
Students discuss gun violence ahead of a walkout at East Chapel Hill High School on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Chapel Hill, N.C.
(AP Photo/Jonathan Drew)
AP Photo/Jonathan Drew
Students taking part in National School Walkout in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
(Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter)
Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter
Students at Dr. Henry Wise Jr. High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, take part in National School Walkout.
(Courtesy Wise Athletics via Twitter)
Courtesy Wise Athletics via Twitter
Students file out of Perry Hall High School in Perry Hall, Md., Wednesday, March 14, 2018, during a student walkout. Students across the country planned to participate in walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after a deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla.
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky
Students hold a sign during a student walkout outside Perry Hall High School in Perry Hall, Md., Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Students across the country planned to participate in walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla.
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky
Students discuss gun violence on National School Walkout day at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland. (Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter)
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Hundreds of students walk out of Midwood High School as part of a nationwide protest against gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. It is the nation’s biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
Students at Elanor Roosevelt High School taking part in the National School Walkout in Greenbelt, Maryland. (Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter)
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Students at Parkdale High School take part in the National School Walkout
(Courtesy Monique Davis via Twitter)
Courtesy Monique Davis via Twitter
Scores of students sat in complete silence with their backs turned to the White House for 17 minutes beginning at 10 a.m. on March 14.
(WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
WTOP/Nick Iannelli
Students at Parkdale High School in Riverdale Park, Maryland, walked out at 10 a.m.
(Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter)
Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter
Students at Parkdale High School in Riverdale Park, Maryland, get in formation ahead of the 10 a.m. walkout.
(Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter)
Courtesy Prince George’s County Public Schools via Twitter
More than 28 D.C.-area schools are participating in the nationwide protest. They plan to gather at the White House and U.S. Capitol, where members of Congress will join them in demanding gun control legislation.
(Courtesy NBC Washington)
Courtesy NBC Washington
Students, aged 17 and 18, pose for photographs with a banner outside the front of the American School in London, after taking part in a 10 a.m. local-time, 17-minute walkout in the school playground, which was attended by approximately 300 students aged 14-18, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
AP Photo/Matt Dunham
Amanda Welch, aged 18, from New Jersey and co-president of the school’s Social Justice Council, poses for a portrait outside the front of the American School in London, after she took part in a 10am local-time, 17-minute walkout in the school playground, which was attended by approximately 300 students aged 14-18, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
AP Photo/Matt Dunham
Izzy Harris, aged 17, from New York, poses for a portrait outside the front of the American School in London, after she took part in a 10am local-time, 17-minute walkout in the school playground, which was attended by approximately 300 students aged 14-18, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
AP Photo/Matt Dunham
Cameron Lynch, aged 17, from Virginia, poses for a portrait outside the front of the American School in London, after she took part in a 10am local-time, 17-minute walkout in the school playground, which was attended by approximately 300 students aged 14-18, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
AP Photo/Matt Dunham
Students from Montgomery County’s Blair High School are participating in the national school walkout.
(Courtesy NBC Washington)
Courtesy NBC Washington
Students, aged 17 & 18, pose for photographs with a banner outside the front of the American School in London, after taking part in a 10am local-time, 17-minute walkout in the school playground, which was attended by approximately 300 students aged 14-18, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
AP Photo/Matt Dunham