Tens of thousands of people marched through Czech capital of Prague on Saturday as part of LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations.

The festival is to last for a week. The theme of this year's event is "Times are changing."

At the start of the parade, participants observed a minute of silence in memory of the victims of a van ramming near the Cristopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin two weeks ago.

The July 25 attack killed one person and injured around 31 others.Police said hundreds of officers were deployed to secure the parade route and added there were no major incidentsImage: Ondrej Deml/CTK Photo/IMAGO

The Saturday march in Prague was accompanied by enhanced security measures, including the deployment of hundreds of police officers and a de-escalation team.