Students nationwide walked out of their classes on Friday, April 20, for the second mass school walkout since the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. Students marched to demand action on gun violence and school safety on the 19th anniversary of the shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado that claimed the lives of 12 students and one teacher.
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High school student Sebastian Chavez, center, joins hundreds of students walking out of school to rally against gun violence on April 20 in downtown Los Angeles. –Damian Dovarganes/AP
Jorge Flores, left, consoles fellow Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School survivor Carlitos Rodriguez during the kickoff event for the Vote For Our Lives movement to register voters on April 19 in Littleton, Colo. The event was held on the eve of the 19th anniversary of the shootings at nearby Columbine High School. –David Zalubowski/AP
Stoneman Douglas High School teachers demonstrate in front of the school on the morning of the student walkout in Parkland, Fla. –Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP
Several hundred students rally on the West Lawn of the Capitol in Washington to call for an end to gun violence in schools. –J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Elaine Flores, left, and Jared Baumann debate gun control following the student walkout at West Lafayette High School in West Lafayette, Ind. — John Terhune/Journal & Courier via AP
Nick Koehler, left, is seen through a sign, alongside senior classmate Elliot Zahm, as they address hundreds of students from Omaha Central High School taking part in the national school walkout event in Omaha, Neb. –Brendan Sullivan/Omaha World-Herald via AP
High school students call for anti-gun laws as they rally in Washington Square Park in New York. –Bebeto Matthews/AP
Students leave the school athletic field at Fairview High School in Erie County, Pa., after taking part in the national school walkout. –Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News via AP
High school students raise their fists in protest as they demonstrate outside Portland City Hall in Portland, Ore. –Beth Nakamura /The Oregonian via AP
Two rings of chairs encircle the words “NEVER AGAIN” in a silent protest on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting outside Trinity High School in Manchester, N.H. The inner ring chairs have names of the Columbine victims, the outer ring chairs have names of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victims. –Charles Krupa/AP