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Parties and Protest Continue Ahead of Trump’s Second Inauguration

Scenes from Saturday’s balls and the People’s March.

Opponents of Donald Trump attend Saturday’s People’s March in Washington D.C. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Opponents of Donald Trump attend Saturday’s People’s March in Washington D.C. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Opponents of Donald Trump attend Saturday’s People’s March in Washington D.C. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine

On Saturday in Washington D.C., there was both protest and more partying over Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration. Photographer Mark Peterson was there for New York capturing the People’s March, Hispanic Inaugural Ball, the All American Ball, the Peach Ball, and an inaugural party hosted by tech baron Peter Thiel.

Thousands of people from around the United States rally at Saturday’s People’s March in Washington D.C. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine/(C) Mark Peterson/Redux Pictures 2025
Security personnel outside Peter Thiel’s inauguration party in D.C. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Miriam Adelson is checked by the U.S. Secret Service, and then hands her driver a small pair of scissors that she could not bring in, outside Peter Thiel’s inauguration party on Saturday in Washington, D.C. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg outside Peter Thiel’s inauguration party. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson outside Peter Thiel’s inauguration party on Saturday. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark, the 2024 Miss Universe, enters the Hispanic Inaugural Ball on Saturday in Washington D.C. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine/(C) Mark Peterson/Redux Pictures 2025
A german shepherd from a canine unit at the Hispanic Inaugural Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Roger Stone at the Hispanic Inaugural Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Javier Gerardo Milei. the president of Argentina, at the Hispanic Inaugural Ball on Saturday. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
At the All American Ball in on Saturday in Washington D.C. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Former Trump press secretary Sean Spicer was the master of ceremonies at the All American Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Partygoers at the All American Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Drinks offered at the the Peach Ball, hosted by the Georgia State Society in Union Station on Saturday in Washington D.C. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Parties and Protest Ahead of Trump’s Second Inauguration