Pride in Canada and around the world

This June's international Pride Month comes 50 years after the Stonewall riotsin New York City. Here's a look at Pride around the world, where parades celebrate diversity and inclusion.

Toronto

We start in Toronto, where thousands ofpeople came out for the city's 39thPride Parade.The marquee event of Toronto's Pride weekendis among thebiggest Pride events in North America. More than 200 groups are participating, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mayor John Tory.

Theparade tookplace under a blanket of extra security following an altercation at a Pride event in nearby Hamilton last weekend.

New York

In New York, a contingent of drag queens set a Guinness World Record on June 20 with a 1.9-kilometre boa that ran along 42nd Streetin Times Square.

Jesus Tavarez, left, and Juan De La O, both from the Bronx, kiss on stepscovered in rainbow colours for Pride Month at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York. Organizers sayit is the largest Pride flag in the city.

Regina

A Pride flag is carried during theRegina Pride Parade on June 15.Regina's Pride festival celebratesits 30th birthday this year,with 45 events scheduled.

Thunder Bay

The Thunder Bay Pride Association kickedoff this year's pride celebrations with a two-day festival. The rainbow flag flew outside three school board offices on June 15 and 16.Fiert Canada Pride will hold its national conferencein the city in 2021, making Thunder Baythe first non-major city in Canada to host the annual meeting of Canada's Pride organizations.

Winnipeg

Winnipeg's downtown was bursting withrainbows on June 2as thousands of people took part in the 32nd annualPride Parade.This year, organizers ofthe 10-day Pride Winnipeg festival chose Pride of Colour as the themeto send amessage of inclusion to marginalized and silenced voices.

Vienna

Participants attend the Euro Pride 2019 parade in Austria on June 15.

Los Angeles

Participants face anti-LGBTQ evangelical Christian protesters during the annual LA Pride Parade in West Hollywoodon June 9. LA Pride began on June 28, 1970, one year after Stonewall.

Tel Aviv

Revellers take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade on June 14. Tens of thousands of Israelis and tourists packed the streetsfor the annual march.

Sofia

People take part in the annual Sofia Pride parade in Bulgaria, on June 8.

Detroit

Mia Pocket, 2, looks on as employees of the Allstate Insurance Company prep balloons for their display before the Motor City Pride Parade on June 9.

Shanghai

A participant takes part in the Pink Party duringthe annual week-long LGBT festival Shanghai Prideon June 15.

Rome

Participants attend aparade as part of Roma Pride onJune 8.

Washington

An officer with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia participates in the D.C. Pride Parade on June 8.

Tokyo

Participants walk during the Tokyo Rainbow Pride Parade in April. Thousands from the Japanese LGBTQ community and its supporters attended the annual Tokyo Rainbow Pride festival.

Seoul

Participants dance as they march during a Pride event on June 1. Tens of thousands of gay rights supporters paraded through central Seoul despite South Korea's main conservative opposition party denouncing the Pride event in a country where Christian churches have enduring political influence.

Brussels

Revellers take part in the Gay Pride paradeon May 18.

Sydney

Drag queenspose during the launch of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras WorldPride bid launch on June 6. WorldPride is the largest gathering of LGBTQI communities globally, held every two years. If Mardi Gras is successful in its pitch,it will be the first time WorldPride is held in the Southern Hemisphere.