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Protestant Orangemen march through Belfast city centre in the annual 12 July parade

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The Orangemen were marching to Edenderry, on the outskirts of south Belfast, for a religious service and speeches

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There was tight security as a parade passed the mainly nationalist Ardoyne area

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A colourful display on a van taking part in the parade

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Many banners were on display, representing the various lodges taking part in the parade

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Flute music and marching drums provided a musical accompaniment to the parade

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Some visitors from a Scottish Orange lodge marched in the Belfast parade

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Some of the crowd danced along with the bandsmen

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This lodge represented the former Ulster Defence Regiment, which merged with the Royal Irish Rangers in 1992

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Children enjoyed the colourful spectacle

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Four-year-old William Douglas kept time with a miniature lambeg drum

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Two Orangemen shared a joke on their day out

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A uniformed bandsman looks on, perhaps in envy at his colleague more sensibly dressed for the weather