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From Mumbai To Pyongyang: A Global Snapshot Of International Women's Day Celebrations

International Women's Day unfolded across the globe, capturing diverse moments from Mumbai to Moscow. In a snapshot of celebrations and advocacy, women vendors outside a Mumbai train station, Thai workers in Bangkok demanding extended maternity leave, and activists in Jakarta expressing concerns over democracy set the tone for a day marked by various voices and experiences.

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From Mumbai To Pyongyang: A Global Snapshot Of International Women's Day Celebrations
International Woman's Day | Photo: AP/Rajanish Kakade

Women vendors await customers outside a train station on International Women's Day in Mumbai.

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Thai workers dresses as pregnant women demand a paid maternity leave for up to 180 days during an International Women's Day rally in Bangkok, Thailand.

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A Cambodian civil society organization member prepares a canvas during a celebration to mark the International Women's Day at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh Cambodia. The canvas reads "Guarantees the rights of women and girls for economic stability and social justice."

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A participant plays with a child as they attend a celebration to mark the International Women's Day at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh Cambodia. The headband reads "Dignified life."

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Police pushes a woman activist as they tried to march near the Malacanang presidential palace during an International Women's Day protest in Manila, Philippines.

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Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions stage die-in during a rally marking International Women's Day in Seoul, South Korea.

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A man goes down the escalator in the subway holding bunches of flowers purchased from the flower market on International Women's Day, in Moscow, Russia. International Women's Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia. Per tradition, men give flowers and gifts to female relatives, friends and colleagues, even though in the past two years flowers have gotten more expensive.

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Activists from humanitarian organisations take part in a demonstration to demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza during International Women's Day, on Millennium Bridge, in London.

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Activists display banners during an International Women's Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia. Hundreds of people took to the streets Friday in Indonesia's capital to mark International Women's Day by voicing concern over the state of democracy in the country.

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Schoolchildren walk with flowers on a street in Pyongyang, North Korea on the occasion of International Women's Day.

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Supporters and activists of Trinamool Congress party take selfie during a rally on the occasion of International Women's Day in Kolkata.

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A Kolkata policeman takes a photograph as Muslim women pose with a female police officer during a rally on the occasion of International Women's Day, in Kolkata.

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Demonstrators march during a Women's Day protest in Madrid, Spain. Spanish women are marking International Women's Day with a full day strike and dozens of protests across the country against wage gap and gender violence.

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People with their hands painted white march on International Women's Day in Caracas, Venezuela.

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A woman cradles her dog as she takes part in an International Women's Day event in Asuncion, Paraguay.

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Women perform covering their faces with white scarves to symbolize that women are invisible in the justice system during an International Women's Day event in Lima, Peru.

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Women hold up green bandanas, a symbol of abortion rights in Latin America, during an International Women's Day march in Buenos Aires, Argentina.