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Members of the centrist Momentum Movement party leave the plenary hall after burning flares in protest before a vote on a bill aimed at banning the annual Pride march on March 18, 2025 during the spring session of the Hungarian Parliament. Hungarian lawmakers passed a bill on March 18, 2025 aimed at banning an annual Pride march, in what critics have slammed as the latest effort to crack down on the country's LGBTQ community. Opposition politicians from the liberal Momentum disrupted the vote with shouting, lighting flares and playing the old Soviet Union anthem. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)