"Welcome, lord of peace," read a placard held by a woman in a colorful scarf.
"Stop violence against women," read a placard held by female protester, according to images posted on Twitter.
'Reds, club of the Labour class, welcome to Istanbul' read one placard held up in the remote suburb of Besakhseur.
"Welcome to Labour's Vietnam" reads a placard held aloft by a very angry-looking man, standing in the middle of Manchester's New Islington development.
"Pope Francis, we love you, have a happy Easter," read one heart-shaped placard held high above the crowd of Romans, tourists and pilgrims, many carrying banners and national flags.
"We belong to the 99% who will no longer remain silent", said a placard held up by one man, echoing a common slogan of the Wall Street movement's participants.
Her on-screen sister, Sammi Davis, meanwhile pioneers the technique later popularised by Downton Abbey's Michelle Dockery of delivering every line as if read for the very first time from a placard held up behind the camera.
A placard held by someone who doesn't believe the voting results to be true.
"Stop Fortress Europe," read a placard held up by one of the people arriving at the port to greet the survivors.
"American women have no liberty" read the placard held by Lillie Devereaux Blake, president of the city's only votes-for-women organization, aboard a barge bobbing in the Hudson river before the eyes of thousands of spectators.
A few years ago those phrases might have appeared on placards held by purple-haired protesters at anti-globalisation rallies.
