2017-5-13 marks the 25th anniversary of Falun Dafa and the 18th annual World Falun Dafa Day. Nearly 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered to celebrate this major milestone. A grand parade was held in Manhattan on May 12.
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A Falun Gong dragon dance team performs in the World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 12, 2017. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners march in a parade along 42nd Street in New York for World Falun Dafa Day on May 12, 2017. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)
Falun Gong Practitioners from Israel march in the World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 12, 2017. (Yu Kong/The Epoch Times)
Falun Gong Practitioners from Russia march in the World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 12, 2017. (Edward Dye/The Epoch Times)
Falun Gong Practitioners from Ukraine march in the World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 12, 2017. (Yu Kong/The Epoch Times)
Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners march in a parade along 42nd Street in New York for World Falun Dafa Day on May 12, 2017. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
A Falun Gong lion dance team performs in the World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 12, 2017. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
Falun Gong practitioners hold wreaths with photos of people who were killed inside China for their beliefs during the World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 12, 2017. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
Falun Gong Practitioners from South Korea march in the World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 12, 2017. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
A little child passes out information about Falun Gong during a parade on World Falun Dafa Day in New York on May 12, 2017. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
A man watches the World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 12, 2017. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners march in a parade along 42nd Street in New York for World Falun Dafa Day on May 12, 2017. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)
Falun Gong Practitioners from Argentina march in the World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 12, 2017. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
Falun Gong practitioners wearing ethnic Chinese clothes, march in a parade along 42nd Street in New York for World Falun Dafa Day on May 12, 2017. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 12, 2017. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners march in a parade along 42nd Street in New York for World Falun Dafa Day on May 12, 2017. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners march in a parade along 42nd Street in New York for World Falun Dafa Day on May 12, 2017. (Evan Ningn/The Epoch Times)
Falun Gong Practitioners from Vietnam march in the World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 12, 2017. (Mihut Savu/The Epoch Times)
Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners march in a parade along 42nd Street in New York for World Falun Dafa Day on May 12, 2017. (Mihut Savu/The Epoch Times)
A Falun Gong practitioner wears traditional Chinese clothing during a parade along 42nd Street in New York for World Falun Dafa Day on May 12, 2017. (Mihut Savu/The Epoch Times)