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Hundreds of thousands of people turned out on the streets of London on Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK's first Pride parade.

A vibrant crowd turned out to either take part in or watch the festivities, forming a spectacle of rainbow flags, glitter and sequins.

The parade was organised after two years of cancellations because of the coronavirus pandemic.

On 1 July 1972, UK's first Gay Pride took place in London.

Saturday's procession took on a similar route to the original, starting outside Hyde Park and touring the streets towards Westminster.

More than 1 million revellers attended the celebrations, which also included a concert in Trafalgar Square.

More than 600 LGBTQ groups were expected to take part in the march, which was headed by members of the Gay Liberation Front from the 1972 protest.

Organizations ranging from charities to universities to the emergency services were also represented.

But uniformed officers from London's Metropolitan Police force weren't among them, as has been the case in previous years.