Attendees at Sunday’s march, which traveled along the National Mall and ended steps from the US Capitol, said the stakes of protecting the LGBTQ community amid recent actions by the Trump administration hung over the celebrations.

Photos show LGBTQ+ pride at 2025 WorldPride parade in DC. World Pride is a global LGBTQ+ and human rights celebration.

Demonstrators gathered in Washington on Sunday for World Pride, a bi-annual event that this year took on political overtones.

After the raucous rainbow-hued festivities of Saturday’s parade, the final day of World Pride 2025 in the nation’s capital kicked off on a more downbeat note.

A global Pride festival celebrating the LGBTQ+ community will culminate on Sunday in a rally and march on the National Mall. WorldPride, an annual event being hosted in Washington, D.C. this year, has drawn hundreds of thousands of visitors to the nation’s capital.

Two people were stabbed at Dupont Circle Park during Pride festivities on Saturday, a D.C. police spokesperson said. The victims are both males, but police declined to specify their ages or the severity of their injuries. Police do not have a suspect in custody. Police began evacuating the park about 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

A day of celebration ended with two teens being stabbed, and one man shot near Dupont Circle Saturday evening amid Pride events.