Thousands of people have gathered in Washington DC for a rally to promote labour and civil rights, and to show support for the Democratic party's agenda.
The demonstration, which brought together hundreds of mostly-liberal and progressive groups on Saturday, was held on the National Mall - the same site as a rally held by conservative Tea Party activists last month.
Billed as "One Nation Working Together", organisers said the event was to draw attention to civil rights issues, economic policies and education reforms.
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO - the country's largest federation of trade unions - urged the gathered crowd to "promise that you'll make your voices heard, for good jobs and justice and education today and on election day".
A spokeswoman for the organisers estimated attendance at between 175,000 and 200,000 people, stretched from the Lincoln Memorial to the end of the National Mall's Reflecting Pool.
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