Pride parades in photos: See how Pride Month 2024 is celebrated worldwide

The final weekend of Pride Month comes to a close Sunday ending weeks of blowout events.

Pride Month honors the commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City, which is cited as the start of the Gay Rights movement in the United States.

The celebration has been adopted worldwide as a symbol of solidarity across the LGBTQ+ community and comes as the movement has faced rising cultural hate and political opposition. Multiple major US cities held Pride parades Sunday as many places in Europe and South America saw major events Saturday.

Here are some of the best pictures from Pride events from around the world.

Pride parades around the world

A person participates in the LGBTIQA+ pride march for diversity, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday.
A person participates in the LGBTIQA+ pride march for diversity, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday.
A participant attends the LGBTQ+ Pride Parade in La Paz, Bolivia, on Saturday.
A participant attends the LGBTQ+ Pride Parade in La Paz, Bolivia, on Saturday.
Pamela Contreras participates in the LGBTIQA+ pride march for diversity in Concepcion, Chile, Saturday.
Pamela Contreras participates in the LGBTIQA+ pride march for diversity in Concepcion, Chile, Saturday.
In this aerial view members of the trans community carry a coffin to protest against the violence they suffer and to remember those killed during the Pride Parade in Tijuana on Saturday.
In this aerial view members of the trans community carry a coffin to protest against the violence they suffer and to remember those killed during the Pride Parade in Tijuana on Saturday.
Members of the trans community carrying a coffin protest against the violence they suffer and to remember those killed during the Pride Parade in Tijuana on Saturday.
Members of the trans community carrying a coffin protest against the violence they suffer and to remember those killed during the Pride Parade in Tijuana on Saturday.
A reveler takes part in the Pride Parade along Reforma Avenue in Mexico City on Saturday.
A reveler takes part in the Pride Parade along Reforma Avenue in Mexico City on Saturday.
Members of the LGBTQ community take part in the Pride Parade in Tijuana on Saturday.
Members of the LGBTQ community take part in the Pride Parade in Tijuana on Saturday.
A reveler holds a sign in the shape of a heart reading "Love is Not a Crime, But Your Homophobia Is" during the Pride Parade in Guatemala City on Saturday.
A reveler holds a sign in the shape of a heart reading "Love is Not a Crime, But Your Homophobia Is" during the Pride Parade in Guatemala City on Saturday.
Supporters of the LGBTQ community hold a large rainbow flag as they take part in the Panama Pride Parade to celebrate Pride Month in Panama City on June 29, 2024.
Supporters of the LGBTQ community hold a large rainbow flag as they take part in the Panama Pride Parade to celebrate Pride Month in Panama City on June 29, 2024.
A reveler takes part in the Pride Parade in Guatemala City on Saturday.
A reveler takes part in the Pride Parade in Guatemala City on Saturday.
A person waves a rainbow flag while taking part in the annual Pride March in Santiago, Chile on Saturday.
A person waves a rainbow flag while taking part in the annual Pride March in Santiago, Chile on Saturday.
An attendee holds a placard that reads "The RN wants to kill us", against the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party during the Marche des Fiertes LGBTQI+ (Paris annual Pride parade) in Paris, on the eve of the first round of the early French parliamentary elections in France Saturday.
An attendee holds a placard that reads "The RN wants to kill us", against the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party during the Marche des Fiertes LGBTQI+ (Paris annual Pride parade) in Paris, on the eve of the first round of the early French parliamentary elections in France Saturday.
People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday.
People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday.
People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday.
People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday.
Attendees walk under a giant flag during the Marche des Fiertes LGBTQI+ (Paris annual Pride parade) in Paris, on the eve of the first round of the early French parliamentary elections in France, Saturday.
Attendees walk under a giant flag during the Marche des Fiertes LGBTQI+ (Paris annual Pride parade) in Paris, on the eve of the first round of the early French parliamentary elections in France, Saturday.
People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday.
People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday.
People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday.
People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday.
People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday.
People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday.
A person attends the 2024 Pride Parade in London Saturday.
A person attends the 2024 Pride Parade in London Saturday.
A brass band performs at the 2024 Pride Parade in London Saturday.
A brass band performs at the 2024 Pride Parade in London Saturday.
The country's largest progressive pride flag (700 feet) as seen before it was marched to the middle of John Ringling Causeway Bridge, in Sarasota, Florida, Saturday morning, June 29, 2024. It was response to recent restrictions from Governor Ron DeSantis that prevented the bridge from being lit in rainbow colors for Pride Month, as well as in distinctive colors for Juneteenth, National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and other important causes.
Angela Singleton at SoKno Pride on Sevier Avenue, in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday.
Angela Singleton at SoKno Pride on Sevier Avenue, in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday.
Izzy Tomes, 5, writes a note to add to a mirror, at SoKno Pride on Sevier Avenue, in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday.
Izzy Tomes, 5, writes a note to add to a mirror, at SoKno Pride on Sevier Avenue, in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday.
An attendee is seen as the country's largest progressive pride flag was marched to the middle of John Ringling Causeway Bridge, in Sarasota, Florida, Saturday.
An attendee is seen as the country's largest progressive pride flag was marched to the middle of John Ringling Causeway Bridge, in Sarasota, Florida, Saturday.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Pride Month 2024 in photos: See parades, celebrations around the world