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How big was Warsaw's Independence March, and who is counting?
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The Independence March set out from the Dmowski Roundabout in Warsaw on the national holiday, with organisers expecting a record crowd under the slogan 'The Pole is host in Poland'. President Karol Nawrocki joined it, as he did last year, carrying a white-and-red flag while senior aides walked with him.
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Warsaw's security centre, which tracked the march, put the crowd at up to 250,000 people.
250,000
The organisers spoke of more than 700,000 participants, a figure no independent body has confirmed.
700,000
The WP portal, counting people on the main route, estimated about 150,000. Across the three sources, the figures range from about 150,000 to more than 700,000.
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- Nasz DziennikPresident Karol Nawrocki joined the Independence March
- NIEZALEZNA.PLKarol Nawrocki at the Independence March. “Greetings, Mr. President!”
- wpolityce.plDisturbing situation before the March! “Vehicles are not being let through”
- NIEZALEZNA.PL“This is an attack, this is treason”. Head of the Independence March did not mince words about government actions
- NIEZALEZNA.PLKrzysztof Bosak at the Independence March: “All patriots must unite”
- wpolityce.plIs this how they want to vilify the Independence March?! Unnecessary neo-PAP dispatch