Pride and Passion at the Puerto Rican Day Parade

A marcher holds a sign displaying the numbers “4645,” referencing a recent study on the deaths caused by Hurricane Maria, at Fifth Avenue and East 76th Street.

Crowds stand pressed to the blockades placed by the NYPD to take in the celebrations at Fifth Avenue and East 69th Street.

The Climate Justice Alliance and Our Power Campaign chants its vision for a more green world, and displays the numbers reflecting an estimate of the death toll from Hurricane Maria.

The music group Los Gigantes de la Plena play bomba, a traditional style of music that revolves around percussion, at Fifth Avenue and 75th Street.

Marchers walk down Fifth Avenue waving Puerto Rican flags and chanting to the crowds.

Members of Community Solutions march in solidarity with those impacted by Hurricane Maria, and voice their beliefs with the help of a megaphone, at Fifth Avenue and 76th Street.

A member of the crowd holds a Puerto Rican flag and traditional Jibaro hat at Fifth Avenue and 76th Street.

Junior members of the Guardian Angels Florida Chapter excite the crowds as they make their way up Fifth Avenue.

A member of the Guardian Angels displaying the rank of captain, at Fifth Avenue and East 76th Street

Members of Climate Justice Alliance and Our Power Campaign hold cardboard signs of palm trees and wind turbines and wear custom sashes displaying the word “decolonize.”

Members of the Bronx Classic Bike Club display their custom bikes at Fifth Avenue and 76th Street.

Marchers stop the parade briefly to hold open a large tarp displaying the midpoint of the newly released death toll estimates on Fifth Avenue and East 76th Street.

Marchers led by Rubén Díaz Jr., Bronx borough president, voice concerns about the recent death toll estimate and encourage the crowd to register to vote as they march on Fifth Avenue.

Crowd members chant and wave their Puerto Rican flags at marchers at Fifth Avenue and East 74th Street.

A marcher wearing a Puerto Rican flag bandana and sporting Puerto Rican–themed necklaces, at Fifth Avenue and 76th Street

NYPD Officer Drost gazes down Fifth Avenue while Puerto Rican flags wave around him.

Korean War veteran and Bronx resident Gumersindo Martinez, at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street

A member of Chicago’s Humboldt Park Jeeps looks out at the crowd from one of the many Jeeps at the parade while driving down Fifth Avenue.

Members of New York State Nurses Association perform dances in traditional “bomba y plena” dresses on Fifth Avenue.

A young teen perches on the walls that surround Central Park to watch the parade.

Crowd members take part in chants and wave their Puerto Rican flags at Fifth Avenue and East 71st Street.

Young marchers dance for the crowds at Fifth Avenue and 76th Street.

A crowd member displays a shirt that translates as “The roosters give me money,” at Fifth Avenue and East 72nd Street.

Two women stand for a portrait at Fifth Avenue and 74th Street.

A young drummer plays the snare drum as he marches down Fifth Avenue.

A member of New York State Nurses Association chants through a megaphone to the crowd on Fifth Avenue.

A woman in a traditional “bomba y plena” dress performs folk dances at Fifth Avenue and 75th Street.

Puerto Rican performance art collective and sculptors Poncili Creación wear creations displaying the current estimated death toll from Hurricane Maria as the group dances down Fifth Avenue.

A float operated by the Spanish language channel Telemundo 47 releases confetti and hands out inflatable soccer balls at Fifth Avenue and East 61st Street.