As it happened: Global anti-Trump protests

Summary

Millions of people held protests across the US against President Donald Trump
One of the largest was in Washington where numbers were so high organisers re-routed
Hundreds of other anti-Trump demonstrations took place across the world, from Australia to Antarctica
The new president did not mention the protests in a short address to the CIA on Saturday

Live Reporting

'A fox for every chicken coop'published at 16:30 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
American feminist Gloria Steinem has addressed the crowd: "Trump and his handlers have found a fox for every chicken coop in Washington and a Twitter finger must not become a trigger finger
"Some very experienced doctors of the American Psychiatric Association have publicly written to warn us, and I quote, his widely reported symptoms of mental instability including grandiosity, impulsivity, hyper-sensitivity to slights or criticisms and apparent inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality, lead us to question his fitness for the immense responsibility of the office, unquote.
"This was on full display in his inaugural address yesterday."
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Paris protestpublished at 16:20 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
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Congresswomen turn out in forcepublished at 16:18 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser is leading a chant of "leave us alone" on the National Mall.
Other female elected officials are attending as well.
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Trump visiting CIApublished at 16:14 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
After attending church, the president will visit CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on Saturday.
Trump has frequently clashed with members of the intelligence community, who have determined that the Russian government hacked the Democratic party in the run-up to the US election and released embarrassing emails in a bid to defeat Hillary Clinton.
Less than two weeks ago, Trump accused the intelligence services of a leak, comparing them in a tweet to "Nazi Germany".
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Solidarity in Antartica (or March of the Penguins)published at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
A group of researchers in the most remote part of the planet are voicing their opposition to the presidency of Trump.
In Paradise Bay, Antarctica, at least 30 women and men have joined the march, holding signs proclaiming proclaiming Penguins for Peace, Seals for Science, Cormorants for Climate.
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Twitter follow BBC reporters at the marchpublished at 15:59 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
Our reporters and videographers are around Washington as hundreds of thousands of protesters flood in for today's demonstration.
Follow Charlotte Pamment, external and Charlie Northcott, external who will be filming developments.
Courtney Subramanian, external and Soraya Auer, external have already been speaking with women who have traveled here from far and wide.
Rajini Vaidyanathan, external is down on the mall today, as is David Botti, external.
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Protesters assemble during the Women"s March on Washington
'Liberal hypocrites!'published at 15:56 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
Trump sympathisers are not taking the march lying down.
Conservative trolling aplenty on Twitter...
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Mall filling uppublished at 15:46 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
Buzzfeed's National Correspondent John Stanton takes photos of the crowd growing outside the National Mall area.
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Turnout estimate doublespublished at 15:44 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
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Organisers expect around 500,000 people to attend
Washington DC officials say the organisers of the Women's March have already more than doubled their prediction for attendees.
They had earlier forecast at least 200,000 would attend, but that figure has now risen to 500,000 people.
Estimates of yesterday's inauguration vary widely, and city officials haven't yet released an official count.
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Protesters outside Capitol Hill
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The subway system is packed at some stations
Lactation stations and inner peacepublished at 15:41 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
Protest officials are tweeting instructions to the hundreds of thousands of women coming to Washington DC from around the country.
The route features "lactation stations" for nursing mothers, and warming buses, despite the clement temperature of 48F (9C).
They also advise protesters to "avoid internal violence of the spirit as well as external physical violence".
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Signs of the timespublished at 15:39 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
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Trump finds solace away from rancourpublished at 15:33 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
As the protest goes on at the National Mall, a few miles north-west of there, the new president is attending a multi-faith service at Washington National Cathedral with his family.
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'We are America'published at 15:30 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
Organisers appeared on stage at the beginning of the rally.
The first speaker, actress America Ferrera, said: "We are America, and we are here to stay."
Tens of thousands on Washington's National Mallpublished at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
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'Tiny Hands' the songpublished at 15:23 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
Grammy-winning US singer-songwriter Fiona Apple has released a protest song for today's women's marches around the world.
The one-minute tune features 10 words she recorded on her phone.
"We don’t want your tiny hands/anywhere near our underpants."
The song features leaked comments by Trump in 2005 boasting about grabbing women by the genitalia.
The title apparently refers to a taunt about the new president's supposedly small hands.
Which way to the march?published at 15:17 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
We have BBC reporters at the demonstrations in Washington and the UK today, bringing you the latest. BBC World News America editor Kate Farrell says the DC Metro, not normally busy on a Saturday, is "like (the underground system in) Japan. It's like the Fourth of July".
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A multitude on the marchpublished at 15:11 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017
Protests around the world - in London, Barcelona, Stockholm and Bangalore - have already taken place ahead of today's Women's March on Washington.
Many tens of thousands have already massed on the National Mall in the US capital to demonstrate against the presidency of Donald Trump.
Check out the crowds on our Facebook Live of the Washington event, external.
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Barcelona, Spain
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Accra, Ghana
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London, UK