About 700 Belgian couples have symbolically wed in a Flemish town where three couples had refused to let a black official marry them.
Deputy Mayor Wouter Van Bellingen was the first black councillor elected in St-Niklaas in northern Belgium. In response to the snub, Mr Van Bellingen decided to organise a mass wedding as an anti-racism protest.
On a cold, wet night, the couples shouted "yes" when Mr Van Bellingen asked if they were ready to marry.
The day's events - chosen to coincide with the International Day against Racism - kicked off with a group hug before the assembled couples exchanged or renewed vows.
There was then a huge wedding photo, a "multicultural dessert buffet" and a wedding dance.
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