Factbox – Women stage marches in cities across North America

Hundreds of thousands of women, supported by a smaller number of men, gathered in dozens of cities across North America on Saturday to march in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump the day after the maverick Republican took office. [L1N1FB0BM] Here is a look at how the crowds of protesters, many wearing the marches’ signature pink hats, shaped up in some of the largest cities in North America: Organizers of the march in the nation’s capital had told police they expected 200,000 people to attend, but reporters covering the event said it appeared bigger than that, with a dense crowd stretching for about a mile through the heart of the capital.