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A memorial vigil at a lakeside park in Orlando, Florida draws thousands who pay tribute to the 49 people killed in a shooting at a gay nightclub one week ago. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
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
In Marseille, several thousand demonstrators against Emmanuel Macron's pension reform march in Marseille to oppose the extension of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years. IMAGES
Tens of thousands of people take part in Warsaw's Pride March, which the Ukrainian LGBT community has been invited to join due to the war. IMAGES
Tens of thousands of Georgians take to the streets of Tbilisi in support of the country's EU membership bid, after the European Commission recommended deferring Georgia's candidacy. EU leaders are expected to decide by Friday on granting candidate status to Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, which all applied for EU membership shortly after Moscow invaded Ukraine on February 24. Waving Georgian and EU flags, an estimated 60,000 demonstrators gather outside Georgian parliament for the "March for Europe". IMAGES