No Kings protests from around the nation in photos
No Kings protests from around the nation in photos
Thousands of demonstrators gather on the west side of the Colorado Capitol during a No Kings protest, part of a nationwide act of resistance against Trump administration policies, in Denver on Saturday. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Colorado Newsline)
They gathered early. Some in the rain and fog in communities large and small. Millions took to the streets around the nation for the second No Kings day in peaceful protests to push back against President Donald Trump’s policies.
The demonstration comes as Trump promised to fire thousands of federal workers amid a federal government shutdown triggered by Congress’s failure to approve a funding bill for the new fiscal year. Trump also deployed National Guard troops to major cities asserting rising crime and ramped up immigration enforcement.
Here are some photos of protests from across the country.
Tens of thousands rallied near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., for No Kings day on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
A biker rides down Virginia Street near downtown Charleston, West Virginia, flying a “We The People” flag as hundreds of protestors chant “No kings, no KKK, no fascist USA.” (Photo by Caity Coyne/West Virginia Watch)
Hundreds gather at Juneau, Alaska’s Overstreet Park amid rain and fog for the local No Kings protest on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
Hoosier protesters attending an anti-Trump No Kings’ rally block a Trump supporter’s sign with their own signs. Thousands gathered outside the Indiana Statehouse on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
More than 60 people gathered for a No Kings rally in Polebridge, Montana, where the population is around 100 residents, on Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Micah Drew/Daily Montanan)
Thousands of people gathered in Times Square for New York City’s No Kings peaceful march, which stretched 1.6 miles through Manhattan on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Shalina Chatlani/Stateline)
Rachal Hancock of Cave City, Kentucky, chants during a No Kings protest in Bowling Green. (Photo by Austin Anthony/Kentucky Lantern)
Annie Pearl Avery, a long time civil rights activist, rests her head in her hand after speaking at a No Kings protest at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on Oct. 18, 2025. Avery told the small crowd that people have the power. (Photo by Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)
Thousands march through the streets of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota during a No Kings rally on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)
The No Kings march passes through the streets of Providence, Rhode Island on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by David Hansen/Rhode Island Current)
Kiri Monks of Graveyard Violet performs outside the Utah State Capitol during the No Kings rally in Salt Lake City. (Photo by Marco Lozzi/Utah News Dispatch)
The crowd sings at a No Kings rally in Detroit’s Roosevelt Park on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Erick Diaz Veliz for Michigan Advance)
Thousands protested outside the statehouse in Columbia, S.C., on Oct. 18, 2025, for the state’s second No Kings day. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
Elaine Ravich, 96, was among thousands of people who took part in a No Kings rally and concert in New Orleans. “I am part of the Greatest Generation. We fought in the 1940s, and there are not too many of my generation alive,” she said. “I am representing every single one of them that was here, and we were fighting again for our children, grandchildren and generations to come, and we will not allow this to happen.” (Photo by Jason Kerzinski/Louisiana Illuminator)
No Kings protesters march down Market Street toward Independence Hall in Philadelphia. An estimated 20,000-plus people demonstrated there on October 18, 2025. (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star)
Ari Jones-Bradley (center) marches behind her husband, Ryan Bradley (right), on Saturday as part of a No Kings protest in downtown St. Louis (Photo by Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent).
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