Updated March 15, 2018 15:02:49

Photo: Children from the Washington Heights C.C.C. School protesting on National Walkout Day. (Twitter: NYPD 33rd Precinct)

Exactly one month on from the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, thousands of students have staged an unprecedented national walkout.

Some marched from their schools to local parks carrying protest signs and chanting their demands.

While others made the journey to their local government buildings where they couldn't be ignored.

This is what it looks like when a generation of kids refuse to be quiet.

Photo: Students waved signs and chanted their demands for tighter gun safety laws. (AP: Manuel Valdes)

Photo: Students from the surrounding areas of Washington DC, descended on the Capitol building. (Reuters: Joshua Roberts)

Photo: The crowd of hundreds outside the Capitol Building staged a mass sit-in. (AP: Andrew Harnik)

Students are tired of losing their friends

Photo: Emotions were high among the thousands of students marching to be heard. (The Herald Sun via AP: Bernard Thomas)

Photo: These kids are fed up with the current state of affairs. (Glenwood Springs Post Independent via AP: Chelsea Self)

Photo: Students across the United States are angry, but primarily afraid. (Reuters: Shannon Stapleton)

And wondering if they'll come home at night to their parents.

Photo: This time last month, Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Ramis Hashmi was in fear for his life. (Reuters: Joe Skipper)

Photo: About 200 Chicago high schoolers carried crosses bearing images of people killed by gun violence. (AP: Martha Irvine)

Photo: American students at international schools as far as Israel staged their own walkouts hours earlier. (Facebook: Walwourth AIS)

They've had enough of inaction.

Photo: Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School marched from the school to a nearby park. (Reuters: Joe Skipper)

Photo: Students came armed with statistics and a strong message. (AP: Michael Dwyer)

Photo: The size of the text on some posters might have been small, but the students' voices were loud. (Reuters: Shannon Stapleton)

Photo: Young Americans are taking matters into their own hands. (Reuters: Joshua Roberts)

And they're making it known.

Photo: Students at some high schools held a moment of silence for the 17 Parkland students. (Reuters: Kyle Grillot)

Photo: Students in San Francisco raised their fists in solidarity. (AP: Mario Jose Sanches)

Topics: law-crime-and-justice, world-politics, government-and-politics, community-and-society, murder-and-manslaughter, united-states, israel

First posted March 15, 2018 10:27:30