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Thousands take part in a subdued Pride march in Jerusalem with protesters holding placards in solidarity with the hostages held in Gaza. IMAGES
People waved rainbow flags and danced to celebrate the LGBTQ+ Pride in Romania's capital city Bucharest on Saturday. The march was attended by around 25,000 people, making it the biggest since the first pride parade took place in the country in 2005, according to ACCEPT NGO, one of the organisers. In May, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that EU member Romania, which does not allow same-sex marriage, was violating the rights of couples by refusing to recognise their unions. IMAGES
More than 100,000 people attend a Ukraine solidarity march in Berlin, police say, with many protesters dressed in the blue and yellow colours of the Ukraine flag. IMAGES
Hundreds of people attend the Budapest Pride march ahead of the country's referendum on a controversial anti-LGBTQ legislation. Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that a national vote will be held to gauge domestic support for the law, which includes a ban on the "depiction or promotion" of homosexuality and gender reassignment to under-18s. IMAGES
Throngs of people attend the New York Gay Pride march, which is expected to draw three million rainbow flag-waving supporters, 50 years after the Stonewall riots that galvanized the modern gay rights movement. IMAGES