In pics: LGBTQ community all over the world marks World Pride 2017

23 Jun 2017 1:09 PM IST

WorldPride, organised by InterPride, is an event that promotes LGBT pride issues on an international level through parades and festivals.

Around 3500 people marched for the first time in the Gay Pride Parade in Beersheba, Israel.
Ukrainian ultra nationalist activists burn a rainbow flag as they protest against the annual Gay Pride parade in Kiev, Ukraine. Around five thousand LGBT activists and associations paraded in the center of Kiev.
Madrid's Chueca district is renowned as a virbant hub for gay-friendly bars and where film director Pedro Almodovar shot his first films
Thousands of participants march during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Photo: AP)
Hundreds of police, border guards and volunteers were deployed to protect the Beersheba marchers.
Revelers holds posters depicting United States President Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, as they march during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil,.
A woman holds balloons as she participates in the first Gay Pride Parade in Beersheba, Israel.

Around 3500 people marched for the first time in the Gay Pride Parade in Beersheba, Israel.

WorldPride, organised by InterPride, is an event that promotes LGBT pride issues on an international level through parades and festivals.