World Falun Dafa Day Parade (2016)

From the smiles on their faces, it's hard to imagine that many of these Chinese people experienced brutal persecution in China simply for wanting to practice Falun Dafa-an ancient Chinese meditation practice based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance (also called Falun Gong). For the last 17 years, the Chinese communist regime has used every means to try break these people's spirits and eradicate the practice. Not only has it failed, but Falun Dafa is now practiced and celebrated around the world.