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In Pictures: International Women’s Day marked across the globe

Women have taken to the streets to call for equality and justice.

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Women around the world have been marking International Women’s Day.

March 8 sees rallies and protests take place in major cities as women call for gender equality and reproductive rights, and an end to violence and abuse.

Here are some of the key images from around the globe:

A woman in a colourful dress on International Women’s Day in Spain
Demonstrators take to the streets of Madrid to call for equality and justice (Bernat Armangue/AP)
Serbia International Women’s Day
Marchers on the streets in Belgrade (Darko Vojinovic/AP)
Serbian demonstrator
Many marchers called for an end to violence against women (Darko Vojinovic/AP)
Women sing and dance in Nigeria
A day of celebration at the Mobolaji Johnson Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria (Sunday Alamba/AP)
A banner is held up at a rally
As violence against women and abuse continues to make headlines across the world, the message from marchers was stark (Darko Vojinovic/AP)
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