In Pictures: Pride month celebrations across the globe

The month of June is celebrated globally as the pride month. A participant participates in the annual Pride Parade in Jerusalem. (AP)

Pride Month is celebrated to commemorate the Stonewall riots that occurred at the end of June in 1969. People gather during a press conference condemning NYPD brutality at the Stonewall Memorial Park in New York City, (Reuters)

A view of a building with wall painted by Facebook with the LGBT flag colours as a part of the pride month celebrations, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Reuters)

US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Department of Energy Chief of Staff Tarak Shah, help raise the Progress Pride Flag outside the Department of Energy in Washington. Shah is the first person of color, first Indian-American and first openly LGBTQ person to serve as Chief of Staff for D.O.E. (AP)

Thousands of people marched through the streets of Jerusalem in the city's annual gay pride parade. (AP)

Palm trees in front of the Oracle Park Stadium decorated with the colors of the LBGTQ+ flag as part of San Francisco Pride Day. (Reuters)

LGBT couple take photos of each other on a rainbow flag-themed path during pride month at a train station in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters)

Participants march in the annual Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem. (AP)

A rainbow flag is raised in Daley Plaza, in Chicago, to mark beginning of Pride Month. (AP)

The rainbow gay pride flag outside the Wisconsin state Capitol in recognition of gay pride month. (AP)