Republican National Convention Photo Gallery

by | Jul 27, 2016 | Demographics, Politics, Topics

  • Donald Trump pauses in the middle of his RNC speech during a commotion on the convention floor. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Donald Trump accepts the Republican presidential nomination at the RNC. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Donald Trump accepts the Republican presidential nomination at the RNC. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Donald Trump accepts the Republican presidential nomination at the RNC. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Balloons fill the Quicken Loans Arena after Donald Trump finished speaking at the RNC. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Oklahoma delegate Monica Deon wears more than two dozen pins to show her support for Donald Trump. (Photo: Michelle R. Martinelli, Special for USA TODAY)

  • A delegate prays on the convention floor. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • A delegate celebrates on the convention floor after Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party's nomination. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Protesters gathered in downtown Cleveland while Donald Trump spoke at the RNC. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Protesters gathered in downtown Cleveland during all four days of the Republican National Convention. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • A child plays in the fountain in downtown Cleveland. "Tamir Rice" is written on her cheek. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • A rooster joined protesters in downtown Cleveland during the RNC. When asked where it came from, a bystander called him "society's rooster." (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Vishavjit Singh (left) and Joaquin Junco Jr. are among a group of cartoonists from around the country who came to Cleveland to protest. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Dressed in a Captain America costume, Vishavjit Singh, 45, is one of many cartoonists from around the U.S. who came to Cleveland to peacefully protest and discuss the presidential election with people from both sides of the aisle. (Michelle R. Martinelli/Special for USA TODAY)

  • Code Pink protesters brought out 500 tennis balls to challenge why those items are banned around the Republican National Convention security zone while guns are allowed under state law. (Michelle R. Martinelli/Special for USA TODAY)

  • Protest observer Cassandra Franklin of Cleveland Heights struggles with police while they try to confiscate her souvenir from the Code Pink protest. "They snatched it right out of my hand and it was pretty brutal," she said. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Regina Joseph, 22, from Tallahassee, Fla., leads protesters through the streets in Cleveland on Monday, July 18. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Regina Joseph, 22, from Tallahassee, Fla., leads protesters through the streets in Cleveland. (Michelle R. Martinelli/Special for USA TODAY)

  • Protesters march through the streets of downtown Cleveland during the RNC on Monday, July 18. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Austin native Sheridan Aguirre, 22, marches in downtown Cleveland with protesters during the RNC. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • Cincinnati native Kat Smith, 19, protests government cuts to the group’s funding while dressed as a birth control pack outside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in downtown Cleveland. (Michelle R. Martinelli)

  • A group of volunteers from Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio gather outside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland Tuesday to protest funding cuts to the group nationwide. (Photo: Michelle R. Martinelli/Special to USA TODAY)

  • Texas native Barbara Peters traveled to the Republican National Convention with a group called CRUZ to Cleveland Convention. (Photo: Michelle R. Martinelli/Special to USA TODAY)

  • Vietnam War veteran Lou Pumphrey, 73, came to Cleveland to spread a message of peace. (Photo: Michelle R. Martinelli/Special for USA TODAY)

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