• Chinese street cleaners walk in front of the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China. EPA
    Chinese street cleaners walk in front of the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China. EPA
  • Workers march along a street to mark International Labour Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. AFP
    Workers march along a street to mark International Labour Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. AFP
  • Garment workers gather at the Tonle Sap bank during a celebration for Labour Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia May 1, 2019. REUTERS
    Garment workers gather at the Tonle Sap bank during a celebration for Labour Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia May 1, 2019. REUTERS
  • Thousands of workers waving banners and placards march as they pull a carriage with an effigy representing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during a demonstration marking Labour Day in Manila. AFP
    Thousands of workers waving banners and placards march as they pull a carriage with an effigy representing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during a demonstration marking Labour Day in Manila. AFP
  • Bangladeshi activists and workers take part in a May Day protest in Dhaka. AFP
    Bangladeshi activists and workers take part in a May Day protest in Dhaka. AFP
  • Bangladeshi activists and workers take part in a May Day protest in Dhaka. AFP
    Bangladeshi activists and workers take part in a May Day protest in Dhaka. AFP
  • Russian Trade Unions' members holding balloons, flags and artificial flowers line up on Red Square for their May Day demonstration in Moscow on May 1, 2019. AFP
    Russian Trade Unions' members holding balloons, flags and artificial flowers line up on Red Square for their May Day demonstration in Moscow on May 1, 2019. AFP
  • Russian Trade Unions' members holding balloons, flags and artificial flowers gather on Red Square prior to their May Day demonstration in Moscow on May 1, 2019. AFP
    Russian Trade Unions' members holding balloons, flags and artificial flowers gather on Red Square prior to their May Day demonstration in Moscow on May 1, 2019. AFP
  • Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions carry their union flags during a May Day rally in Seoul. AP Photo
    Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions carry their union flags during a May Day rally in Seoul. AP Photo
  • May Day in Seoul. AP Photo
    May Day in Seoul. AP Photo
  • Protesters are arrested by riot police in Taksim Square for an illegal May Day rally in Istanbul. EPA
    Protesters are arrested by riot police in Taksim Square for an illegal May Day rally in Istanbul. EPA
  • Chinese tourists rest at the underpass of the Tiananmen Square in Beijing. EPA
    Chinese tourists rest at the underpass of the Tiananmen Square in Beijing. EPA
  • Protesters gather in Paris. AFP
    Protesters gather in Paris. AFP
  • Activists from the construction industry take part in the annual Labor Day march in Hong Kong. EPA
    Activists from the construction industry take part in the annual Labor Day march in Hong Kong. EPA
  • Members of the Greek Labour Union protest in Athens. AFP
    Members of the Greek Labour Union protest in Athens. AFP
  • A Pakistani labourer works at an iron forge in Lahore. AFP
    A Pakistani labourer works at an iron forge in Lahore. AFP
  • Myanmar labours work to maintain a rice crop in a paddy field on the outskirts of Naypyitaw, Myanmar. EPA
    Myanmar labours work to maintain a rice crop in a paddy field on the outskirts of Naypyitaw, Myanmar. EPA
  • Indian labourers load sacks of wheat grain onto a trailer at a local distribution point on the outskirts of Amritsar. AFP
    Indian labourers load sacks of wheat grain onto a trailer at a local distribution point on the outskirts of Amritsar. AFP

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May Day rallies and demonstrations around the world - in pictures

Millions of people around the world gather en masse to take part in traditional May 1 protests on International Workers' Day

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May 01, 2019

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