Downtown LA
Marchers gather in Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles for the March for Science.
LA crowd
Some 50,000 people signed up online to participate in the March for Science in Los Angeles, but event organizers estimate that more people are actually in attendance.
Marching in San Francisco
People listen to a pre-march talk near the Ferry Building ahead of the March for Science in San Francisco.
Manhattan marchers
In New York City, the NYPD estimated that 40,000 people took place in the March for Science.
Coral research
Marchers represented a variety of scientific interests, ranging from medical science to ocean science.
Famed scientists
Famous scientists were honored during the March for Science in Washington, D.C.
No Planet B
A man dressed as an astronaut holds up a sign at the March for Science in Boston.
Make America think again
"As a child, I learned that we did not inherit this planet from our parents. We are borrowing it from our children, and I am marching here today to make sure my children and my children's children have an Earth. To protect it," Linda Montaquila, 55, a construction lawyer from Jupiter, Florida, told Live Science. Montaquila took part in the March for Science in Washington, D.C.
Demand evidence
Marchers pose with their signs for the March for Science in Washington, D.C.
Support science
Participants gather on the National Mall for the rally before the March for Science in Washington, D.C.