Photos: International Women's Day celebrations around the world

Tens of thousands rally across the world with call to action for gender equality

Last updated: March 08, 2020 | 17:19

Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Producer

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Women take part in a rally to celebrate the International women's Day, in Kolkata.

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Trinamool Mohila Congress members participate in party's Mohila Congress rally to mark International Women's Day and protest against NRC and CAA in Kolkata.

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Spectators look on as French-Chilean singer Ana Tijoux performs during a concert by female artists on the eve of International Women's Day in Mexico.

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Women celebrate Holi on the mark of international women's day in Kolkata.

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Visitors browse through a book stall during book exhibition to mark International Women's Day at Kabul University.

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Women participate in a bike rally on International Women's Day in Thane.

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Janata Dal (secular) women wing felicitates Chennamma, wife of JD(S) National President H D Deve Gowda on the ocassion of International Women's Day in Bengaluru.

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Women hold signs and shout slogans during a rally for gender equality and against violence towards women to mark the International Women's Day in Pristina.

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Women take a selfie photo after the 'Beauty Run' race to mark International Women's Day in Minsk, Belarus

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Afghan civil activists gather along a road during International Women's Day in Kabul.

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Woman plays with color as she celebrates Holi on the mark of international women's day in Kolkata.

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Women from different organizations light candles to mark the International Women's Day in Dhaka.

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Women perform a flash mob to occupy a street on International Women's Day in Manila, Philippines.

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Women take a photo as they finished the 'Beauty Run' race to mark International Women's Day in Minsk, Belarus

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Women attend the 'Beauty Run' race to mark International Women's Day in Minsk, Belarus.

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Women attend the 'Beauty Run' race to mark International Women's Day in Minsk, Belarus.

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TMC party women workers carrying empty pots written 'No NRC/NPR' take out a rally as they celebrate International Women's Day in Kolkata.

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A girl smiles at a flower market during the International Women's Day in Grozny, Russia, Sunday, March 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)

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Women attend the 'Beauty Run' race to mark International Women's Day in Minsk, Belarus.

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Students practice self-defence organised by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on the occasion of International Women Day at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

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Indian army women soldiers on the occasion of International Women's day. National power is incomplete without women's power. Women are an integral part of India's defense power.

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Filipino women hold a protest rally during the celebration of International Women's Day in Manila.

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Iraqi women celebrate International Women's Day at Tahrir Square in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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Women chant as part of a 'human chain' of around 200 women calling for an end to gender violence, on the eve of International Women's Day in front of the Hemiciclo de Juarez in central Mexico.

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Women during a protest against CAA, NPR and NRC on the occasion of International Women's Day at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi.

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Women perform the Chilean protest song about rape culture, 'A rapist in your path', during a protest march marking International Women's Day in Lima, Peru.

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Tribal women perform a dance as they take part in a rally on the ocassion of International Women's day in Kolkata.

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Women take part in a Women's March to mark International Women's Day in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

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Muslim woman display slogans written with henna on their hand as they celebrate International Women's Day at Bilal Bagh in Bengaluru.

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Veiled females march during a rally to mark the International Women's Day in Islamabad.

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