As hundreds of thousands of women and men crowd the streets of Washington and other cities across the globe on Saturday, The Intercept provided updates throughout the day from our reporters on the ground and gleaned from social networks.

Latest update: 5:32 p.m. Massive Anti-Trump Protests Continue As the march in Washington winds down, hundreds of thousands of people remain in the streets on the nation’s largest cities, including massive crowds in New York, where Fifth Avenue remains jammed with people, and Los Angeles, where police estimated that at least 500,000 people took part.

Aerial shot shows demonstrators gathered for Women's March in Los Angeles https://t.co/MIVYbJqJrQ pic.twitter.com/CikI7AIJp1 — ABC News (@ABC) January 21, 2017

It was a slow start but now taking at least a hour to pass each point on the route - peaceful, determined, united pic.twitter.com/7SYDZDj7GF — Griselda Mussett (@griseldamussett) January 21, 2017

An indigenous women's march makes its way down Constitution Ave., to cheers. pic.twitter.com/Z9hH3kfgdx — Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) January 21, 2017

Anger at Trump was not, however, confined to the coasts, or even to the United States, with vivid images and video showing protesters filling the streets of cities across the country and around the world. The Intercept will continue to follow the reverberations of this demonstration of Trump’s deep unpopularity in the days ahead, but here are some final glimpses of a remarkable day. Chicago, Illinois

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Large crowd at the Women's March on Oklahoma at the capitol. pic.twitter.com/5dWLaLqEhr — Ben Felder (@benfelder_okc) January 21, 2017

St. Paul, Minnesota

Thousands of people here for #WomensMarchMN. Crowd is easily 5x, maybe 10x, size of yesterday's march in Minneapolis. People still coming. pic.twitter.com/nnQoMDx2UY — Tim Nelson (@timnelson_mpr) January 21, 2017

Anchorage, Alaska

Largest crowd I've ever seen in 33 years in Anchorage and it's 15 degrees and white out conditions. pic.twitter.com/oFvpUIm8JW — Diane Kaplan (@DianeSKaplan) January 21, 2017

Albuquerque, New Mexico



Austin, Texas

Lansing, Michigan

An estimated 10,000 rallying against Trump in Lansing, Michigan pic.twitter.com/ZIZXBH24sY — MIRSnews.com (@MIRSnews) January 21, 2017

Atlanta, Georgia

Vienna, Austria

London, England

Trump Makes Bizarre Plea to CIA to Accept His Estimate 1.5 Million Attended His Inauguration Trump has yet to comment on the fact that the National Mall was more crowded for today’s protest than yesterday’s inauguration, but that could be because he is so irked by reports showing that both of Barack Obama’s inaugural addresses were much better attended.

Sign: "Hey @realdonaldtrump: Our march is bigger than yours" 2nd Ave, Manhattan pic.twitter.com/mHpCnNd13N — Jessica Lustig (@jessicalustig) January 21, 2017

The new president took time to address the issue in a bizarre setting: during a speech to intelligence officers at the CIA on Saturday. Trump insisted that he was the victim of a media conspiracy to misreport the crowd size and assured the spies that, from where stood while addressing the crowd, “it looked like a million, a million and a half people,” were there.

President Trump on crowd size at inauguration: “It looked like a million and a half people.” https://t.co/U5pWhBBMzt https://t.co/NX6vI6UTHR — CNN (@CNN) January 21, 2017

He went on to claim, inaccurately, that the mall was “packed” all the way from the steps of the Capitol to the Washington Monument. One television network “said we drew 250,000 people,” Trump added. “Now, that’s not bad — but it’s a lie.” In fact, it is a lie to claim that the crowd filled the well-photographed area around the monument, which was packed for Obama’s inauguration in 2009, which drew an estimated 1.8 million people to the mall.

The mall, at the Washington Monument, is empty. A few thousand gathered around a video screen. pic.twitter.com/An0HPJ0ELR — Scott Gilmore (@Scott_Gilmore) January 20, 2017

Here is a side-by-side of Obama's 2009 inauguration crowd with today's for Trump https://t.co/Ehll5tYhka pic.twitter.com/6Zf8S3LLjf — Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 20, 2017

Thousands Rally on Steps of Idaho’s Capitol in the Snow An estimated 5,000 people marched through the snow in Boise, according to the Idaho Statesman.

Nicole LeFavour, a former state senator, shared video of the crowd rallying on the steps of the Capitol building.

IDAHO IS TOO GREAT FOR HATE! What a blessing it was to be surrounded by all the people who agreed #WomensMarch #Boise pic.twitter.com/Uyb6yIPD82 — Alejandra (@latinasmoak) January 21, 2017

Anti-Trump Protesters Rally in Los Angeles Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered near Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles.

Among the marchers sharing views from the ground is David Kaye, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression.

Proud to be marching for gender equity #womensmarchlosangeles pic.twitter.com/kE2yNVfqub — Tyrone Howard (@TyroneCHoward) January 21, 2017

Every train in LA packed and headed to #PERSHINGsquare for #womensmarchLA. Over 50k already arrived. Great day for LA. pic.twitter.com/jlqe74MsqM — AFSCME Council 36 (@AFSCMECouncil36) January 21, 2017

Blocks in Los Angeles were packed this morning for #womensmarcha pic.twitter.com/9ONMfnRIxs — Susan Abram (@sabramLA) January 21, 2017

Marchers Fill the Streets of Washington The march in Washington is now on its way to the park outside the White House known as the Ellipse.

We are marching! We are marching straight ahead toward the Washington monument to the ellipse! #WomensMarch — Women's March (@womensmarch) January 21, 2017

Here’s video from Veit Medick, a Washington correspondent for the German magazine Spiegel.

Der Marsch legt die Innenstadt von DC komplett lahm. Jetzt am Trump-Hotel. #WomensMarch @SPIEGELONLINE pic.twitter.com/52o6fuahA4 — Veit Medick (@vmedick) January 21, 2017

Marchers Rally Near Trump Tower in New York Jamie Stelter, a traffic reporter for New York 1, posted video on Twitter showing marchers chanting against Trump close to the barricades around Trump Tower.

At the corner of 57th and 5th #womensmarch pic.twitter.com/fEExHpQDJI — Jamie Stelter (@JamieStelter) January 21, 2017

At the corner of 56th and Park I see a woman in tears and ask if she's okay. "Yea it's just so beautiful, y'all marching..." #womensmarch — Jamie Stelter (@JamieStelter) January 21, 2017

Marchers Draw Attention to Other Targets of Trump’s Wrath While Trump’s potential impact on women’s rights is the main focus of the rallies on Saturday, marchers are also drawing attention to the threat he poses to other groups, including disabled, LGBTQ, and undocumented Americans.

The most powerful sign of the #WomensMarch. pic.twitter.com/IFHea1vykN — Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) January 21, 2017

Love is love is love is love #WomensMarchOnWashington pic.twitter.com/wTdDSBmzbL — Alanna Vagianos (@lannadelgrey) January 21, 2017

Erika Andiola, an undocumented Mexican-American and former press secretary for Bernie Sanders, was a featured speaker at the rally in Washington.

My dear friend @erikaandiola is slated to be one of last speakers of #WomensMarch. Send her good vibes! @DefineAmerican https://t.co/biGTxDWGM6 — Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) January 21, 2017

The rally was also addressed by Sophie Cruz, a 6-year-old from Los Angeles whose parents are undocumented Mexican immigrants.

The @WomensMarch fights with love! Sophie Cruz and her family are #HereToStay. Watch her whole speech at https://t.co/7VfL5Zz1MT. pic.twitter.com/jYGlKlWapg — Define American (@DefineAmerican) January 21, 2017

Sophie drew international attention to the plight of her parents in 2015, when she handed Pope Francis a letter asking for his help in getting Congress to pass immigration reform during his visit to Washington. Washington Protest Appears Larger Than Inaugural Crowd Crowd sizes are notoriously difficult to estimate accurately, but there’s evidence that the protest in Washington on Saturday has been attended by far more people than Trump’s inauguration a day earlier.

Hundreds of thousands flood the national mall for #WomensMarch. This is just part of the crowd. #WomensMarchOnWashington #VOAalert pic.twitter.com/7HNKI0d3Vk — Jesse Oni (@Jesse_Oni) January 21, 2017

CNN has a side-by-side comparison of what the National Mall looked like at 12:15 p.m. yesterday, as Trump delivered his baneful inaugural address, and at the same time today from a live webcam trained on the park.

Here's the most objective possible way to compare Trump's crowd size to the Women's March -https://t.co/6YDAi1eIQl pic.twitter.com/17i0E59Iyc — Zach Wolf (@zbyronwolf) January 21, 2017

The city’s transit authority, which noted that the number of riders on Friday was far lower than it had been for either of Barack Obama’s two inaugurals, reported on Saturday that ridership had spiked again.

Metro Ridership: As of 11am, 193k trips taken so far today. (11am 1/20/13 = 317k, 11am 1/20/09 = 513k, 11am 1/20/05 = 197k) #wmata — Metro (@wmata) January 20, 2017

Metro Ridership as of 11am: 275k. For comparison, that's more than 8x a normal Sat & even busier than most weekdays. #wmata #womensmarch — Metro (@wmata) January 21, 2017

Hey @POTUS... THIS is what a populist movement looks like. pic.twitter.com/ykHOoJaFPQ — Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) January 21, 2017

Numbers in Chicago Overwhelm the Authorities The turnout in Chicago has been so large that it overwhelmed the city’s ability to police a march. The organizers agreed to transform the gathering into a static rally, according to a police spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi.

#BREAKING: #WomensMarchCHI organizers say streets are so flooded they cannot march. Sky5 is live over the scene: https://t.co/kSfjePu37v pic.twitter.com/rtRd5ZLOhl — NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) January 21, 2017

Zach Stafford of the Guardian reports that thousands of participants are now marching toward the city’s Trump Tower anyway.

While the organizers have said the march is canceled...rogue participants have decided to march anyway. #WomensMarchChi pic.twitter.com/dQOwbPwFu2 — Zach Stafford (@ZachStafford) January 21, 2017

"To the Tower!" some are yelling, referring to President Trumps Chicago building. — Zach Stafford (@ZachStafford) January 21, 2017

Thousands have left #WomensMarchChi rally and unofficially marched onto Trump Tower now as the city moves to control the change of plans. — Zach Stafford (@ZachStafford) January 21, 2017

“Love Not Hate, Makes America Great,” Chanted in Denver

Hillary Clinton Praises Marchers on Twitter Senator Kamala Harris just addressed the rally in Washington, standing alongside other female leaders of the Democratic party, including Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

#WomensMarch @KamalaHarris "even if you're not sitting in the White House, even if you're not a member of Congress… You have the power" pic.twitter.com/KktfQkbS7B — ShawnYancy (@Fox5Shawn) January 21, 2017

Hillary Clinton’s name was on many lips, but she elected not to attend the march, electing instead to express her support on Twitter.

Gloria Steinem: "Hillary Clinton is alive! And definitely not in jail!" #WomensMarch — David Mack (@davidmackau) January 21, 2017

Thanks for standing, speaking & marching for our values @womensmarch. Important as ever. I truly believe we're always Stronger Together. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 21, 2017

'Hope Not Fear'

Indeed.

And what a beautiful piece by Louisa Cannell. #womensmarch ????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/7h3Bzx79nB — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 21, 2017

Clinton’s successor as secretary of state, John Kerry, was spotted in Washington.

Spotted John Kerry walking his cute pup down Pennsylvania avenue during DC's Women's March pic.twitter.com/AGp80Zgyj2 — Taylor Hatmaker (@tayhatmaker) January 21, 2017

Video Shows Thousands in St. Louis

The #WomensMarch in downtown St. Louis! This is what democracy looks like. pic.twitter.com/mzb5xMZUKC — Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) January 21, 2017

From Interceptors in Washington and New York

We climbed scaffolding left over from the inauguration together and found a lot more people than yesterday. #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/afWCFsmw9b — Jenna McLaughlin (@JennaMC_Laugh) January 21, 2017

This is a small fraction of the women at #WomensMarch: pic.twitter.com/naBDlAUpw7 — Alex Emmons (@AlexanderEmmons) January 21, 2017

Not the march but the march to the march in NYC. pic.twitter.com/OVNfAPKBE8 — Peter Maass (@maassp) January 21, 2017

Elizabeth Warren Speaks in Boston

An Interview With Naomi Klein My colleague Jeremy Scahill just interviewed Naomi Klein on our Facebook live stream, near the site of the Women’s March on Washington.

Live Video From Washington Here’s a live stream of the event in Washington from the Guardian, including speeches from the main rallying point:

Crowds Assemble Across the World

More women and men! #WomensMarch we the people pic.twitter.com/x4HTpMbWL0 — Shako Liu (@shakofilm) January 21, 2017

Around 5000 marching in the rather cold and foggy Copenhagen streets. #WomensMarch #Copenhagen pic.twitter.com/B1ljnIIztD — Susanne Christensen (@susannetiger) January 21, 2017

This woman singing "we shall overcome" just gave me so much life. #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/cdscerBNvQ — Emily Atkin (@emorwee) January 21, 2017

A blast from 1981. pic.twitter.com/lWYzrfeJlw — Bim Adewunmi (@bimadew) January 21, 2017

Proud to support women's rights with the whole fam in ????????#womensmarchlondon pic.twitter.com/fzTtnIA4LP — Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) January 21, 2017

Activists in Kolkata demonstrate in solidarity with the #WomensMarchOnWashington opposing Trump's presidency. pic.twitter.com/WVqDIS6rIc — AJ+ (@ajplus) January 21, 2017

We're marching in the city of brotherly love for justice and equality. #WomensMarch #Philly pic.twitter.com/w4vUX7ZANc — A Better Balance (@ABetterBalance) January 21, 2017

Standing with our fellow North Carolinians at #WomensMarch in Raleigh pic.twitter.com/1Ay0qp1Vku — ACLU-North Carolina (@ACLU_NC) January 21, 2017