Lausanne Pride draws thousands

Around 20,000 marched through Lausanne on Saturday for the Pride parade, the first Pride event in the city for 20 years.

Despite extreme heat, the march passed in a festive, incident-free atmosphere, with only one fainting reported. 

Tensions did surface beforehand as anti-capitalist and pro-Palestinian groups criticised sponsor Logitech over alleged links to Israel's military. 

Next year's edition marks 30 years of Pride in Suisse Romand and returns to Geneva.

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