Women's March Rallies Bring Millions Together Worldwide To Protest Against New US President

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There have been more than 600 rallies in 60 countries around the world, expressing concern that women's rights will be eroded under Mr Trump.

In the United States, people packed into the country's capital for the Women's March on Washington, as hundreds of other marches happened across America.

A city official in Washington said the turnout estimate was at 500,000 people, more than double the initial predictions, forcing organisers to abandon plans to march towards the White House.

Figures from transport officials in Washington suggested more people attended the march than came for Mr Trump's inauguration.

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By 11:00am on Sunday (local time), the city's subway system had carried 275,000 people, whereas only 193,000 had taken trips by the same time on Inauguration Day.

Interim DC Police Chief Peter Newsham said: "The crowd stretches so far that there's no room left to march".

So many people turned up to the march in Chicago that organisers cancelled a planned march through the city's downtown, while marches in New York and Philadelphia also experienced larger-than-expected crowds.

Organisers said 750,000 people attended the march in Los Angeles — a huge increase on the 150,000 originally expected.

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Former Democratic nominee for president Hillary Clinton praised those attending the marches on Twitter, reviving her campaign slogan "Stronger Together".

Women's marches also took place in Australia and New Zealand on Saturday (local time), with an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 people marching through the streets of Sydney alone.

The Women's March on Washington, featuring speakers, celebrity appearances and a protest walk along the National Mall, was planned as a counter-argument to Mr Trump's populist presidential campaign, in which he angered many on the left with comments seen as demeaning to women, Mexicans and Muslims.

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The mission statement of the Women's March says event participants are "hurting and scared" as Mr Trump takes office, and they want a greater voice for women in political life.

The Washington march comes one day after Mr Trump's inauguration, which saw the US capital rocked by violent protests against the new President.

Black-clad anti-establishment activists smashed windows, set vehicles on fire and fought with riot-gear-clad police who responded with stun grenades.

The protests illustrated the depth of the anger in a deeply divided country that is still recovering from the scarring 2016 campaign season.