In a display of opposition, 'No Kings' protests against Donald Trump and the far-right swept across cities in the United States and the United Kingdom.

The demonstrators, who oppose policies such as the Iran war, ICE, and rising prices, gathered with banners and effigies against the former US president, JD Vance, and other high-ranking government officials. Organizers hoped to attract millions to these demonstrations.

While most of the day's actions were peaceful, tensions arose in West Palm Beach, Florida, when Trump supporters engaged in verbal altercations with 'No Kings' protesters. In the Los Angeles metropolitan region, 40 protests were planned, including at police detention centers.

Some clashes were reported between demonstrators and police, with officers launching tear gas near the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal prison, according to the LA Times. A woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty was apprehended by police in Los Angeles.

In London, an estimated half a million people gathered in what organizers described as 'the biggest demonstration ever against the far right.' Protesters, carrying signs that read 'No to racism, no to Trump' and 'Refugees welcome,' marched through the capital to Whitehall under a heavy police presence.

Organizers claimed to have outnumbered the Unite the Kingdom demonstration led by Tommy Robinson in September. This demonstration, organized by right-wing activist Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, attracted between 110,000 and 150,000 people, while about 5,000 participated in an anti-racism counter-demonstration.

There were several incidents of violent disorder that left some police officers injured on that occasion, and the event was condemned at the time by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who said it had left people feeling 'more scared than before.' Co-organizer of the demonstration, Kevin Courtney, chairman of the coalition, stated to the crowd gathered in Whitehall: 'Our estimate is that there are now half a million people on this demonstration – the biggest demonstration ever against the far right'.

Former Labour MP Diane Abbott, who now sits as an independent in Parliament, told the crowd: 'Today's turnout is the largest anti-racist march I have seen in my lifetime, and you should all be proud to have come out in such large numbers today.' Sabby Dhalu, joint secretary of the Together Alliance and co-convener of Stand Up To Racism, commented on the 'unprecedented growth' of support for far-right organizations in the UK.

Dhalu believed that the size of the attendance on Saturday had 'intimidated the far-right' from holding a counter-demonstration. Billy Bragg, criticized Donald Trump as 'a constant reminder of the cruel realities of the politics of division,' performed some protest songs at Whitehall.

Bragg added: 'Regarding migration, the forced deportation of our fellow citizens, we have seen what that looks like in the United States of America. And if that happens in this country, then we will have to be as courageous as the people of Minneapolis who took to the streets to deny (deportations)'.