In Pictures: Big balloons, rain and protesters at Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

Handlers guide the Greg Heffley balloon down Sixth Avenue during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade marched, soared and roared into its second century in New York on Thursday despite a drenching rain and a brief disruption from pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

Performers lead the Tom Turkey float down Central Park West at the start of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade (Jeenah Moon/AP)