Budapest Pride draws tens of thousands after Orbán's defeat (opens in new tab)

Tens of thousands of people marched through Budapest on Saturday for the 31st annual Budapest Pride, the first such LGBTQ+ march since former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lost power in Hungary’s April election. The march began in the afternoon as temperatures reached at least 38 C (100 F), with organizers handing out water bottles and Budapest’s public water utility opening fountains along the route. Participants set off from the Hungarian State Opera House, crossed the Erzsébet Bridge over th...