Twelfth of July parades are underway across Northern Ireland this Bank Holiday Monday.

DUP leader Gavin Robinson was among tens of thousands stepping out on Monday morning at the Belfast demonstration alongside his son Reuben and party colleague Lord Dodds.

Earlier, an outward parade at a former flashpoint in the Ardoyne area passed off without incident amid a police presence which included PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Bobby Singleton. Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly was also present.

The festivities are spread across 18 main locations on Monday to mark the 336th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne where the Protestant King William of Orange triumphed over the Catholic King James II.

Orangemen and women from more than 1,000 lodges are accompanied by around 600 marching bands.

As July 12 fell on a Sunday this year, the main Twelfth parades are instead taking place on Monday July 13, enjoying warm and sunny weather.The celebrations come after the burning of bonfires at hundreds of locations in loyalist neighbourhoods across the region on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

Other parades are taking place on Monday in Ballymena, Larne, Ballymoney, Portglenone, Glenarm, Newtownhamilton, Rathfriland, Killyleagh, Royal Hillsborough, Ballymartin, Ballywalter, Maguiresbridge, Limavady, Kilrea, Cookstown, Castlederg and Aughnacloy.

See our photo gallery from today's parade in Belfast below.