In pictures: May Day rallies around the world

In pictures: May Day rallies around the world

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  Garment workers shout slogans during the May day celebration as they demand the punishment of Sohel Rana, the owner of the collapsed building in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• 2/19

  Supporters of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party reflect on an advertising box during a May Day march in Sofia, Bulgaria

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• 3/19

  Riot police walk through a cloud of tear gas as they clash with May Day protesters trying to break through barricades to reach the city's main square in central Istanbul

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• 4/19

  Protestors clash with Turkish riot police during the May Day rally in Istanbul, Turkey

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• 5/19

  Supporters of the Ivorian "Dignite" (dignity) union, close to former president's IVorian Front Populaire (FPI) party, shout during a demonstration on May Day in Abidjan

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• 6/19

  Protesters gather as clashes erupt with police during May Day celebrations in Istanbul, Turkey

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• 7/19

  Clashes erupt between police and protesters during May Day celebrations in Istanbul, Turkey

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• 8/19

  Supporters of France's far-right National Front Marine Le Pen wave flags during the traditional May Day march in Paris

  AP

• 9/19

  Protesters, mostly workers, dance around the effigies of U.S. President Barack Obama and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III during a rally near the Presidential Palace to mark May Day in Manila, Philippines

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• 10/19

  Members of the pro-government Belarusian Republican Youth Union (BRSM) attend an official May Day rally in Minsk

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• 11/19

  France's far-right National Front party members chant slogans during the traditional May Day demonstration in Paris

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• 12/19

  A pensioner burns a poster showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel dressed in a Nazi uniform in front of the Greek Parliament during a rally marking May Day in central Athens, Greece

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• 13/19

  A man attends a rally to mark Labour Day, or May Day, in Tbilisi

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• 14/19

  Protesters, mostly workers, burn effigies of U.S. President Barack Obama and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III during a rally near the Presidential Palace to mark May Day in Manila, Philippines

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• 15/19

  Supporters of the nationalist party Red and Black march on the Tiranaís main boulevard during a May Day protest demanding the resignation of Premier Sali Berisha

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• 16/19

  Protesters gesture during a May Day demonstration in Berlin

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• 17/19

  A woman holds a Greek flag with a smaller Cypriot flag attached to it during a May Day rally in front of the parliament in Athens

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• 18/19

  A man wearing a cap with the communist five-point star holds a poster reading: "Socialism, the only way out" during a May Day rally on International Workers Day in central Belgrade, Serbia

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• 19/19

  Members of pro-communist union PAME raise their fists during a protest in Athens

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