Women around the world marked International Women's Day with celebrations, protests, and demands for equality and an end to gender violence.
International Women's Day
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A group of women watch a street play on domestic violence before the start of a march to mark International Women's Day in New Delhi, India, March 8, 2019.
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Women protest in Istanbul, Turkey, March 8, 2019, against the imprisonment of women and children in Syrian penitentiaries.
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A woman with the message written on her back, "No flesh should be for sale" stands on the statue at the Place de la Republique during a protest to highlight the pay disparity between women and men, in Paris, France, March 8, 2019.
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A Yazidi woman lights candles during a ceremony at Lilash Temple to commemorate the death of women who were killed by Islamic State militants, during the International Women Day, in Shikhan north of Iraq, March 8, 2019.
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A participant attends a rally, held to support women's rights and to protest against violence towards women, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 8, 2019.
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Independent Afghan artists draw a graffiti on a barrier wall of the Ministry of Women's Affairs to mark International Women's Day in Kabul, March 8, 2019.
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A migrant girl holds a placard as she takes part in a march in central Athens on March 8, 2019 during a women's strike to mark the International Women's Day.
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An activist takes part in an event to mark International Women's Day in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, on March 8, 2019.
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Cameroonian activist Aissa Doumara Ngatansou (C) poses for a photo with French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his wife Brigitte Macron (R) after she received the Simone Veil prize, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on March 8, 2019 during International Women's Day.
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"Woman Power" symbol is repainted on the windows of the Danner Foundation's house in Copenhagen, Denmark, March 8, 2019.
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A counter-demonstrator is detained by riot police as activists take part in a rally for gender equality and against violence towards women on International Women's Day in Kiev, Ukraine, March 8, 2019.
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A participant shouts slogans during a rally, held to support women's rights and to protest against violence towards women, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 8, 2019.