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Photos: Scenes from the No Kings Protests in SoCal and around the nation
The protest in Burbank on Saturday.
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Demonstrators across the U.S. took to the streets on Saturday as part of a nationwide No Kings rally to protest the policies of the Trump Administration. The demonstrations are part of a larger No Kings movement that emerged in a first wave of protests last June.
From major cities to small rural towns, NPR station photographers and LAist staffers were on the ground documenting the events in their communities.
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In Southern California
Protesters in downtown L.A.
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The protest in Burbank on Saturday.
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The protest in Burbank on Saturday.
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The protest in Burbank on Saturday.
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The protest in Burbank on Saturday.
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The protest in Pasadena on Saturday.
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Demonstrators march during a No Kings protest in San Francisco on Oct. 18, 2025.
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Legacee Medina of Macon, Ga. leads chanting at a No Kings rally between an elementary school and pickleball courts in Macon on October 18, 2025. The rally moved from its earlier location downtown to stay out of the way of a planned Hispanic festival.
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Protestors sign a "We the People" banner in Hartford, CT.
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Tara Reel, dressed as the "grieving" Statue of Liberty, a recent federal worker who took the deferred resignation program. Large crowds gathered in downtown Washington D.C. on Oct. 18, 2025 for the "No Kings" rally.
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A Portland police officer with a rose on their uniform at the "No Kings 2.0" rally in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 18, 2025.
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Police officers shoot pepper balls and throw chemical canisters into a small group of protesters who refused to disperse from 20th and Wewatta Streets in Denver after the main No Kings rally ended on Oct. 18, 2025.
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Protestors line the streets in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.
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Protesters gather for the No Kings rally at Seattle Center on Saturday, October 18, 2025, in Seattle, Wa.
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An impromptu dance party broke out on in a crowd gathered in Washington, DC.
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Barbara Hunrath joins thousands of others who took to the streets for a "No Kings" rally on Saturday, October 18, 2025 in Richmond, Virginia.
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Demonstrators holding signs and an upside-down American flag as a signal of distress in Fort Myers, Florida.
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Protesters wave banners at the No Kings rally on Boston Common in Ma.
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Rep. Lateefah Simon speaks during the No Kings National Day of Action at Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif. on Oct. 18, 2025.
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Joe Bondulich carries a flag past the crowd gathered on the side of College Street in Macon, GA. "This is the flag the last time we fought kings. This is original 13 stars and 13 stripes," Bondulich said, "So this is the original Revolution flag."
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Samantha Shub holds up a flag as the 'No Kings" protest ramps up in Plano, TX.
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Protestors chant while marching down Congress Avenue during the "No Kings" Protest in Austin, Texas.
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Crowds gather at the Capitol in Austin, TX.
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Raven Payment (l) andTyler Crazybear (r) speak as protesters fill the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.
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Protestors gathered at City Hall Park in Burlington, VT.
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Amy Gryder (l) and her daughter, Ella Walther (r), stand outside for the No Kings Protest on Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St. Peter's, MO. Walther says when it comes to civil liberties that goes for everybody. "This isn't a right or left issue. This is a right or wrong issue," Walther said. "What's happening right now impacts everyone."'
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Jen Sandoval aka "Día de los Meow-tos" attends the "No Kings" protest in Prineville, Ore., on Oct. 18, 2025. Sandoval, 54, who is Mexican-American says she's protesting ICE detentions and deportations.
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Protestors marched through downtown Miami.
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