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In Pictures: Thousands of US students walk out of school to protest over gun violence

The protest comes a month after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

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Students took 17 minutes out of their school days (John Minchillo/AP)

Students across the US are leaving their classrooms to protest against gun violence in the country.

Participants are leaving their school buildings at 10am local time and holding 17 minutes of silence – one for each person killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting a month ago.

More than 3,000 walkouts were planned across the US and around the world, organisers said.

Photographers captured the protests as they happened.

Kennedi Lawson, 14, carries a sign as student walkout at Cherry Hill West High School (David Maialetti/AP)
Kennedi Lawson, 14, carries a sign as students walk out at Cherry Hill West High School (David Maialetti/AP)
Students from Douglas Freeman High School walk out of school to protest gun violence in Richmond, Virginia ( Steve Helber/AP)
Students from Douglas Freeman High School in Virginia walk out to protest against gun violence (Steve Helber/AP)
A sign commemorating the 1999 Columbine High School shooting is collected with other commemorative signs as students at Wissahickon High School in Virginia ( Jacqueline Larma/AP)
A sign commemorating the 1999 Columbine High School shooting is collected with other commemorative signs as students at Wissahickon High School in Virginia walk out (Jacqueline Larma/AP)
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