PHOTOS: Feathers fly on world Pillow Fight Day

On April 2, people from around the world came together to celebrate International Pillow Fight Day.

Started in 2005 by two students at the University of Toronto, the event is now celebrated to encourage people to socialise more and spend less time watching TV.

Take a look at some of the action...

Feather fun: Participants take part in International Pillow Fight Day in Kennington Park in south London, Britain. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters 

Flying pillows: Participants throw their pillows at Liberty Square, in Taipei, Taiwan. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Childhood fun: Participants throw pillows at each other at Liberty Square, in Taipei, Taiwan. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Break time: Participants rest at Liberty Square, in Taipei, Taiwan. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Game on: People fight with pillows in Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters

Get, Set, Go: People start to fight with pillows in Vienna, Austria. Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters  

Pillow attack: People fight with pillows in Vienna, Austria. Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters  

Feathers everywhere: Participants at Kennington Park in south London, Britain. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters   

It's raining feathers: The feathers fly during the fight at Kennington Park in south London, Britain. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters    

Some even came directly from the bed in their pyjamas in front of the City Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark. Photograph: Nikolai Linares/Reuters