Gay pride around the world

Hundreds of thousands of people on Sunday packed gay pride events from Chicago to New York City, Seattle to San Francisco, to celebrate a freshly endorsed right to marry.

Gay rights activists outside the United States also organized rallies to draw attention to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriages.

Here's a collection of images showing gay pride parades across the world.

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A reveler holds a gay pride flag during a parade celebration in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, June 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A reveler dressed as an angel participates in the annual gay pride parade in La Paz, Bolivia, Saturday, June 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A couple kisses as they participate in the Heritage Pride March in New York, Sunday, June 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Scotty Brown, 32, left, of Chicago, kisses Roger Knight, 31, of Chicago, as they get married during the Chicago Pride Parade on Broadway Street on Sunday, June 28, 2015, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Brian Lavalle, also known as Sister Bebe Jeebus, a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, looks across at his newly-applied eyelash as he prepares for the 41st annual Pride Parade Sunday, June 28, 2015, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Participants of a gay pride event wave flags in Istanbul, Sunday, June 28, 2015. Turkish police used water cannons and tear gas to clear gay pride demonstrators from Istanbul's central square. It wasn't immediately clear why the police intervened to push the peaceful if noisy protest away from the area. Demonstrators regrouped a few blocks down the street and continued to dance and chant slogans against homophobia without any further clashes. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Parade viewers cheer at the 41st annual Pride Parade Sunday, June 28, 2015, in Seattle. Rainbows and good cheer were out in force Sunday as hundreds of thousands of people packed gay pride events from New York City to Seattle, San Francisco to Chicago to celebrate a Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Members of the LGBT movement hold a gay pride flag during a parade celebration in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, June 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Two young men wearing rainbow colored wings march in the annual gay pride parade, past an evangelical church with a sign that reads in Spanish, "Jesus Christ does miracles," in Lima, Peru, Saturday, June 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A dressed up participant walks along down Fifth Avenue in New York during the Heritage Pride March, Sunday, June 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Turkish police walk as they push back participants of a gay pride event in Istanbul, Sunday, June 28, 2015. Turkish police used water cannons and tear gas to clear gay pride demonstrators from Istanbul's central square. It wasn't immediately clear why the police intervened to push the peaceful if noisy protest away from the area. Demonstrators regrouped a few blocks down the street and continued to dance and chant slogans against homophobia without any further clashes. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

An activist waves a rainbow flag in front of the Monument of the Soviet Army, during the Sofia Gay Pride Parade in Sofia, Saturday, June 27, 2015. Hundreds paraded through the Bulgarian capital of Sofia under rainbow-colored balloons and banners for that city's eighth Gay Pride march on Saturday. They were flanked by police in the wake of calls by some extremist groups to stop the rally. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

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Members of a motorcycle group lead off the 45th annual San Francisco Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 28, 2015, in San Francisco. A large turnout was expected for gay pride parades across the U.S. following the landmark Supreme Court ruling that said gay couples can marry anywhere in the country. (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar)

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Pam Kravetz rides her bubble-bath through downtown Cincinnati during the Cincinnati Pride parade, Saturday, June 27, 2015. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry nationwide. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Text from AP news story, AP PHOTOS: Crowds celebrate US same-sex marriage ruling.

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