Photos: Scenes from the No Kings Protests : The Picture Show People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.
October 18, 20255:00 PM ET

Legacee Medina of Macon, Ga. leads chanting at a No Kings rally between an elementary school and pickleball courts in Macon on October 18, 2025. The rally moved from its earlier location downtown to stay out of the way of a planned Hispanic festival. Grant Blankenship/Georgia Public Broadcasting hide caption
toggle caption
Grant Blankenship/Georgia Public Broadcasting
Demonstrators across the U.S. took to the streets on Saturday as part of a nationwide No Kings rally to protest the policies of the Trump Administration. The demonstrations are part of a larger No Kings movement that emerged in a first wave of protests last June.
From major cities to small rural towns, NPR station photographers were on the ground documenting the events in their communities.

Protestors gathered at City Hall Park in Burlington, VT. Brian Stevenson/Vermont Public Media hide caption
toggle caption
Brian Stevenson/Vermont Public Media

Protestors line the streets in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. Ygal Kaufman/Ideastream hide caption
toggle caption
Ygal Kaufman/Ideastream

Protestors gathered at City Hall Park in Burlington, VT. Brian Stevenson/Vermont Public Media hide caption
toggle caption
Brian Stevenson/Vermont Public Media

An impromptu dance party broke out on in a crowd gathered in Washington, DC. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption
toggle caption
Tyrone Turner/WAMU

Protestors hold a "We the People" banner in Hartford, CT. Mark Mirko/Connecticut Public hide caption
toggle caption
Mark Mirko/Connecticut Public

Demonstrators holding signs line the corner of Daniels Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. Amanda Inscore Whittamore/WGCU hide caption
toggle caption
Amanda Inscore Whittamore/WGCU

Joe Bondulich carries a flag past the crowd gathered on the side of College Street in Macon, GA. "This is the flag the last time we fought kings. This is original 13 stars and 13 stripes," Bondulich said, "So this is the original Revolution flag." Grant Blankenship/Georgia Public Broadcasting hide caption
toggle caption
Grant Blankenship/Georgia Public Broadcasting

Raven Payment (l) andTyler Crazybear (r) speak as protesters fill the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite hide caption
toggle caption
Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite

Samantha Chub holds up a flag as the 'No Kings" protest ramps up in Plano, TX. Yfat Yossifor/KERA hide caption
toggle caption
Yfat Yossifor/KERA

Crowds gather at the Capitol in Austin, TX. Patricia Lim/KUT News hide caption
toggle caption
Patricia Lim/KUT News

Amy Gryder (l) and her daughter, Ella Walther (r), stand outside for the No Kings Protest on Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St. Peter's, MO. Walther says when it comes to civil liberties that goes for everybody. "This isn't a right or left issue. This is a right or wrong issue," Walther said. "What's happening right now impacts everyone."' Paola Rodriguez/STLPR hide caption
toggle caption
Paola Rodriguez/STLPR

A protestor holds a sign at a No Kings protest in Salt Lake City, UT. Caroline Ballard/KUER hide caption
toggle caption
Caroline Ballard/KUER

Protestors marched through downtown Miami. Diego Perdomo/WLRN hide caption
toggle caption
Diego Perdomo/WLRN