May Day rallies around the globe
Israeli members of the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed movement, a youth and student group, shout slogans as they march from Rabin Square to the Histadrut, Israel’s General Federation of Labour, in Tel Aviv to mark Labour Day. May Day, a public holiday in many countries, has long celebrated the social and economic achievements of labor movements. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP / Getty Images)
A South Korean protester with a painted face participates in an anti-government rally on May Day in downtown Seoul. (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)
Riot police extinguish a fire at a barricade set up by leftist demonstrators during clashes in Istanbul, where thousands of Turkish union workers held a rally at a site where several dozen people died during a similar May Day demonstration 30 years ago. (Ibrahim Usta / Associated Press)
Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest in central Athens where May Day protests and transport strikes disrupted bus, train and ferry services as well as flights by Greek carrier Olympic Airlines. No arrests or injuries were reported. (Aris Messinis / AFP/Getty Images)
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Riot police detain a demonstrator during May Day clashes in Istanbul, Turkey. (Ibrahim Usta / Associated Press)
A demonstrator at a May Day rally in central Sofia, Bulgaria. Rallies were held around the world, with organizers promising to highlight public anger over the crippling recession which has seen millions lose their jobs. (Boryana Katsarova / AFP / Getty Images)
Participants at a May Day rally wear plastic buttocks and T-shirts that read “Shove your economic stimulus package up that...” in Nuremberg, Germany. (Daniel Karmann / EPA)
Members of Belarussian trade unions hold a rally in central Minsk.. (Viktor Drachev / AFP / Getty Images)
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Workers from ArcelorMittal hold torches during the annual May Day demonstration in Marseille, France. ArcelorMittal is the world’s biggest steelmaker. (Guillaume Horcajuelp / EPA)
A masked protester places a balaclava and a sign reading “Not even scared” on a statue in Paris in defiance of the new French law prohibiting protesters to mask their identity. (Lucas Dolega / EPA)
Protesters burn boxes representing various labor issues during a May Day rally in Manila. (Joseph Agcaoili / AFP / Getty Images)
Supporters of the Russian Communist party and other workers-rights political movements wave flags near a monument to Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin in Moscow in celebration of the May Day holiday. Russian police were out in force as Communists and liberals gathered to criticize the government, the Associated Press reported. Moscow police said four people were detained after trying to light flares near the Kremlin. (Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP / Getty Images)
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Young people shout and raise their fists during a demonstration in the center of Madrid. Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Spain, which has Europe’s highest unemployment rate, but participation failed to reach the massive levels union leaders called for, according to the Associated Press. (Javier Soriano / AFP / Getty Images)
A Ukrainian woman hurls a pot on the ground in front of a government building during a demonstration in the center of the capital, Kiev. (Sergey Dolzhenko / EPA)
German riot police officers stamp out small fires during a Mayday demonstration in Berlin’s Friedrichshain district, as police fought May Day demonstrators who hurled bottles and stones overnight. Police said 28 people were detained in Berlin, and another 200 in the western city of Dortmund, where far-right demonstrators pitched fireworks and stones at pedestrians and police, according to the Associated Press. (Berthold Staddler / AFP / Getty Images)
