Photos: International Women's Day celebrations around the world

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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