Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

A man wears a Richard Nixon mask in front of the National Gallery of Art Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A man wears a Sarah Palin mask Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Rally attendees show off their signs Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images Two women, one dressed as Wonder Woman and the other as Supergirl, join the hordes making their way to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Photograph: Foun Tang/AFP A placard depicts satirist Stephen Colbert as Adolf Hitler. On air, the comedian takes on the persona of a rightwing buffoon to lampoon the conservative media Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters People hold their placards aloft Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters People make their way to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA The crowd gathers on the National Mall in Washington DC Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images A woman dressed as Princess Leia from Star Wars poses next to person with a Sarah Palin mask dressed as Darth Vader Photograph: Foun Tang/AFP The crowd gathers by the stage in front of the Capitol Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters Val Ibarra, 29, of San Francisco holds up her sign Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP A man holds a sign of a smiley face with a Hitler moustache as thousands gather for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Singer songwriter Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) performs during the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP Jim Rothe, left, and Paul Fouschia, from Cincinnati, impersonate the Blues Brothers at the rally Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP A woman holds up her placard at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, a response to the rightwing Restoring Honour rally held at the same spot several months ago Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP A woman wears a Marie Antoinette costume at the rally Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Jon Stewart supporters hold up signs at the rally. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP Stephen Colbert runs across the stage with a flag in front of fellow rally host Jon Stewart at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters A dog wears a Vote Sanity sticker as thousands gather for the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Thousands gather on the National Mall for the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Photograph: Jim Bourg/Reuters More attendees arrive at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA Rocker Ozzy Osbourne performs during Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP A woman dressed à la Lady Gaga is seen as people gather on the Mall to attend the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP Satirists Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart sing during their Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters