In Pictures: Demonstrations against gun violence after Florida school shooting

Protesters took to the streets in several parts of the United States to call for stricter gun control measures following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida on Feb 14 that killed 17 people.

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Feb 22, 2018, 11:00 AM

Students from Montgomery Blair High School march down Colesville Road in support of gun reform legislation on Feb 21, 2018, in Silver Spring, Maryland. PHOTO: AFP

An activist holds up a sign of Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, a victim of gun violence, during a rally at the Florida State Capitol building to address gun control on Feb 21, 2018, in Tallahassee, Florida. PHOTO: AFP

A high school student places a candle representing one of the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School outside the North Carolina State Capitol building during a demonstration calling for safer gun laws, in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Feb 20, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

Hundreds of students from the districts of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia staged walkouts and gather in front of the Capitol building in support of gun control in the wake of the Florida shooting on Feb 21, 2018, in Washington, DC. PHOTO: AFP

A student hoists a sign outside the Capitol building in support of gun control after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb 21, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Demonstrators at a protest calling for gun control legislation outside the Capitol building in Washington, DC, on Feb 21, 2018. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Students demonstrating for stronger gun control laws outside the White House in Washington, DC. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Demonstrators march from the Capitol building to the White House during a protest calling for gun control legislation in Washington, DC, on Feb 21, 2018. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Protestors urging Florida lawmakers to reform gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Tallahassee, Florida, on Feb 21, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

A young woman holds up her hands with words that read 'don't shoot' as students demonstrate for stronger gun control laws outside the White House in Washington, DC. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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