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Record Crowds Join 1956 Memorial “Peace March” in Budapest: Galleries


Hundreds of Thousands of Hungarians have joined the annual Peace March in Budapest commemorating the heroes of the 1956 anti-communist revolution.

Raising the flag on Kossuth Square.  Photo: MTI/Máthé Zoltán

 

A drone footage of the tens of thousands marching through Margit Bridge. MTI/Czeglédi Zsolt

 

A drone footage of the Margit Bridge, the Danube and Parliament. MTI/Czeglédi Zsolt

 

Photo: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Kommunikációs Fõosztály

 

Photo: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Kommunikációs Fõosztály

 

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivers his keynote speech on Kossuth Square. Photo: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Kommunikációs Fõosztály/Kaiser Ákos

 

Photo: MTI/Illyés Tibor

 

The crowds in front of parliament. Photo: MTI/Koszticsák Szilárd

 

Opposition leader Péter Magyar speaks at Heroes Square. Photo: MTI/Bruzák Noémi

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