Various activities held across U.S. to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Marching band members perform during the Martin Luther King Grande Parade in Houston, Texas, the United States, Jan. 15, 2018. Various activities are held on the third Monday of January each year throughout the United States to honor the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who was born on Jan. 15, 1929 and was assassinated in 1968. (Xinhua/Yi-Chin Lee)