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International Women’s Day was created by the United Nations General Assembly to highlight the struggles and achievements of women globally and to advocate for women’s rights.

Photographers documented events observing this day and interesting women around the world.

Filipino women hold placards during a protest rally to mark International Women’s Day in Manila, Philippines, March 8.

Michelle Loboue, a sub-prefect of Bouake region, poses for a photograph in Bouake, Ivory Coast Feb. 6.

Hindu nuns sit during a rally to mark the International Women’s Day in Kolkata, India, March 8.

Activists attend a rally to mark the International Women’s Day in Tbilisi, Georgia, March 8.

People release sky-lanterns on the eve of International Women’s Day in Manila on March 7.

Female relatives of women prisoners shout slogans against the military and the interior ministry at an event called ‘Release Our Girls’ during International Women’s Day in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, March 8.

Young Moroccan mechanic, Oumaima Boukerch works in a garage in Rabat, Morocco, March 7.

Protesters take part in a rally to mark International Women’s Day in Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, March 6.

Monica, 11, pastes beads on a piece of cloth at her home in New Delhi on International Women’s Day on March 8.

Former comfort woman Chen Lien-hua wipes tears during a ceremony unveiling the nameplate of a museum dedicated to Taiwan’s “comfort women” on International Women’s Day, in Taipei, Taiwan, March 8.

Ange Dede, a 29-year-old painter and decorator poses for a photograph in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, March 2.

Romanian women activists stand blindfolded with black scarves during a performance honoring the history of feminist movements, marking the International Women’s Day in Bucharest, Romania, March 8.

A metro worker presents flowers to female metro passengers during International Women’s Day, Moscow, Russia.

A Pakistani woman named Ameena Bibi sells clay pot as the world celebrates the International Women’s Day in Karachi, Pakistan.

Astronomer, space scientist and meteorologist Andrea Opitz, wears a space suit during a cosmology exhibition in Budapest, Hungary, March 3.

Supporters of Pakistan’s Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) hold placards during a rally to mark International Women’s Day in Lahore on Marchi 8.

Women’s rights activists shout slogans as they march on International Women’s Day in New Delhi, India, March 8.

Friba Hameed, 30, an Afghan police officer, poses for a photograph in front of a mural of herself in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8.

Acid attack survivors get ready before walking the ramp as a display of courage ahead of the International Women’s Day, Bhopal, India, March 6.

Trombonist Mariann Krasznai rehearses before a Budapest Festival Orchestra concert at the concert hall of the Mupa cultural venue in Budapest, Hungary.

Nepalese young girls cheer and dance during in a concert to mark International Women’s Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 8.

Participants carry banners and shout slogans during a rally in Istanbul, Turkey, on the occasion of International Women’s Day.