March 8, 2023

A man walks next a woman who is wearing a burqa and riding a donkey in Fayzaba, Afghanistan.

A truck drives towards a fire during a blockade as part of the movement against the government's proposed pensions reform on the Radicatel Terminal of the harbor in Port Jerome sur Seine, near Rouen, France.

People pay their last respect to Ukrainian serviceman Oleksiy Sokolovskyi during the funeral ceremony in St. Michael Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Policewomen stand guard as anti-government demonstrators take part in a protest organized by the "Women for Rights" group on International Women's Day near the parliament building in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Carabinieri policewomen wait for the arrival of The Netherland's Premier Mark Rutte meeting Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Women's Day in Rome, Italy.

Israeli women's rights activists form a human chain along the beach to mark International Women's Day and protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to change the judicial system, in Tel Aviv.

Women shout expressions as they gather to mark International Women's Day in Istanbul, Turkey.

Demonstrators hold signs reading ""Women, Life, Freedom" on Whitehall in central London as they demonstrate against the persecution of women in Iran.

Women take part in a rally for gender equality and against violence towards women to mark the International Women's Day in Pristina, Kosovo.

A woman from Mexico with a message drawn on her face attends a rally marking International Women's Day 2023 in Berlin, Germany.

Aymara Indigenous women arrive in boats on Lake Titicaca from the Uros floating islands to attend a march marking International Women's Day in to Puno, Peru.

Women do yoga on a local train on International Women's Day in Mumbai, India.

City employees prepare the inauguration of the sculpture entitled "The human face has always been my great landscape" by French artist Nathalie Talec in Besançon, France.