An elderly man sitting on a porch looks upon the damaged left behind by Hurricane Irene on September 1, 2011 in Prattsville, NY.

Queen Elizabeth II visits the United Nations which marks her second appearance ever at the UN, the first taking place in 1957, as she makes a brief visit to the city on July 6, 2010.

The marches took place the day following President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Thousands gather on Fifth Avenue during the Women's March to protest President Donald Trump on January 21, 2017.


The Global Youth Strike demonstration takes place along lower Broadway after public school students were excused from school to protest the inaction of government and business on climate change on September 19, 2019.

President Donald Trump reacts to the audience's snickering as he addresses the 73rd General Debate at the United Nations General Assembly at the UN on September 25, 2018.

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York, speaks at the 28th National Action Network Convention held on April 5, 2019.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer addresses the crowds taking part in a nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence one month after the killing of 17 people at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on March 14, 2018.

A cross bears the names of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre as people pay tribute at a makeshift memorial on December 19, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut.

A vigil is held outside of the Stonewall Inn following the massacre of over 50 people at an Orlando nightclub on June 12, 2016.

Pope Francis, second left, reads a passage during a multi-religious service at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 25, 2015.

Boys check out the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy which inundated the Rockaway Peninsular on October 30, 2012.

More Hurricane Sandy photos can be seen here.

Justin Mudge walks through the muddy remains of his great uncle's gun shop which was destroyed by the floods caused by Hurricane Irene on September 1, 2011 in Prattsville, NY.

The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton greets children at the Northside Center for Child Development family service facility in Harlem on December 8, 2014.

Confetti drops at the stroke of midnight as hundreds of thousands gather in Times Square for the annual New Year's Eve celebration on January 1, 2013.

People run into the chilly water during the Coney Island Polar Bear Club's New Year's Day swim on January 1, 2015.

People charge into the chilly water during the Coney Island Polar Bear Club's New Year's Day swim in Brooklyn on January 1, 2013.

A rescue boat passes by the wreckage of the US Air Flight A320 after it made an emergency landing onto the Hudson River two days ago as seen on January 17, 2009.

Crowds line Fifth Avenue to watch the St. Patrick's Day parade on March 17, 2009.

People gather in Times Square to watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama which is being broadcasted on large video screens on January 20, 2009.

Former President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle speak at the Clinton Global Initiative on September 23, 2010.

People in traditional costumes participate in the annual Immigrant's Parade held along Sixth Avenue on June 8, 2019.

Spectators watch the thousands of runners make their way down Fifth Avenue in Harlem during the New York City Marathon on November 3, 2019.

Participants walk under the Park Avenue overpass during the Three Kings Day Parade on East 116th Street on January 6, 2020.

Religious statuary is displayed at the House of Botanical store in East Harlem on January 6, 2020.

People dress in costume with the hopes of being paid to have their photo taken with the tourists who visit Times Square on June 15, 2013.

The front pages of local newspapers are taped to the construction wall that surrounds Ground Zero following the news of Osama Bin Laden's death on May 3, 2011.

Demonstrators carrying a banner join the march outside of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is hosting a fundraiser on March 14, 2012.

Demonstrators march past the residence of billionaires David Koch and David Ganek on Park Avenue during Occupy Wall Street's "Millionaires March" on October 11, 2011.

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators march along 42nd Street during a nation-wide May Day strike on May 1, 2012.

Kerisha Rodney and Xuran Wu of the U.S. Army take part in the naturalization ceremony held in the Great Hall on Ellis Island on December 4, 2009.

A wheel-chair bound couple participate in the Labor Day Parade taking place on May 1, 2013.

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch waves to the crowds during the New York Yankee ticker-tape parade on November 6, 2009.

Aretha Franklin performs at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony in New York on December 2, 2009.