International Women's Day around the world – in pictures
From Indonesia to Spain, women have been staging events and protests.
Bandung, Indonesia
A slogan on an activist’s back reads: ‘My body, my authority’
Photograph: Timur Matahari/AFP/Getty Images
Vladivostok, Russia
Windows are lit at the Primorye Territory government building to form the shape of a heart
Photograph: Yuri Smityuk/Tass
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Mothers and relatives walk holding crosses during an event demanding an end to violence against women and femicide
Photograph: Mahe Elipe/Reuters
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
A woman waves a green flare during a demonstration to demand greater rights for women, in front of the National Congress
Photograph: Erika Santelices/afp/AFP/Getty Images
Kolkata, India
Women attend a protest march against a rise in fuel prices
Photograph: Rupak de Chowdhuri/Reuters
Athens, Greece
Women join a demonstration in front of the parliament building
Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters
London, England
Members of the Wom Collective, a female street art collective, work on their new piece of street art in Brixton to celebrate International Women’s Day
Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty Images
Santiago, Chile
Members of the feminist group Las Tesis rehearse a new production for International Women’s Day
Photograph: Marcelo Hernández/Getty Images
Bahadurgar, India
Female farmers at a protest against new agriculture laws
Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Mexico City, Mexico
Women place flowers and posters with the names of victims of femicide on a fence placed front of the National Palace
Photograph: Sáshenka Gutiérrez/EPA
Jakarta, Indonesia
Women’s rights activists hold placards during a rally near the presidential palace calling for gender equality, justice and improved welfare for women
Photograph: Adi Weda/EPA
London, England
Female police officers and special constables talk to a suspect following a stop and search in Southwark during an all-female operation by the Metropolitan police, the first of its kind for the force, to commemorate International Women’s Day
Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA
Paris, France
The conservative Manif Pour Tous group holds a women’s rights protest
Photograph: Olivier Donnars/Le Pictorium Agency/ZUMA/Rex/Shutterstock
Kathmandu, Nepal
Women take part in a rally demanding tax-free sanitary pads
Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Lahore, Pakistan
Trade union members take part in a march
Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images
Madrid, Spain
Women demonstrate in the capital’s Lavapiés neighbourhood under the motto: ‘In the face of social emergency, feminism is essential’
Photograph: Juan Carlos Lucas/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
Tel Aviv, Israel
A woman outside the district court holds a placard that reads: ‘I refuse to be next’, as others stand next to mock coffins to represent women killed as a result of domestic violence
Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
Brussels, Belgium
Movement at Place Luxembourg and Royal Palace.
Photograph: Isopix/REX/Shutterstock
New York, US
People walk past a broken glass ceiling installation in front of the Fearless Girl Statue in front of the New York Stock Exchange.
Photograph: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images
Washington, US
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during International Women’s Day in the East Room of the White House
Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
Krakow, Poland
A woman holds a banner during a protest against laws severely restricting access to abortion
Photograph: Omar Marques/Getty Images