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Several hundred people march in Paris, on the international day for the right to abortion, more than six months after a commitment made by President Emmanuel Macron to make it a constitutional right. IMAGES
Tensions erupt at Place de la Nation at the end of the Paris May Day march. Law enforcement fired tear gas to deal with what a police source called a minority of "radical elements". IMAGES
Thousands of Mexican women chant and march through Mexico City to demand their rights on International Women's Day. IMAGES
Poles take to the streets of Warsaw on International Women's Day to demand free access to contraceptives. Although pro-Western parties managed to oust the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government in October 2023 elections, women are voicing anger and frustration over delays in changing the laws on women's reproductive rights. The PiS's eight-year rule saw access to abortion, in-vitro fertilisation and emergency contraception tightened. IMAGES
The Paris demonstration for women's rights and gender equality is marred by jostling between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activists. IMAGES