Photos: Protesters around the world
Employees of French oil company Total SA demonstrate at its headquarters in La Defense, outside Paris after the company announced it will close its Dunkirk refinery. The decision has prompted strikes and some violence as workers oppose the move. (Julien Muguet / EPA)
Activists hold a rally in New Delhi on International Women’s Day, highlighting atrocities against Indian women. The group demanded better jobs and education for women, not a proposed bill that would reserve a third of all seats in the national parliament for women. (Manan Vatsyayana / AFP/Getty Images)
Leftist protesters burn an effigy of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as they mark International Women’s Day near the presidential palace in Manila. The protesters called Arroyo a puppet of foreign powers and said her support of globalization was hurting women. (Aaron Favila / Associated Press)
A “devadasi”-- women who are “married” to a deity and live in temples -- gets her head shaved during a protest on International Women’s Day in Mumbai. The women are seeking social security. (Rajanish Kakade / Associated Press)
Palestinian schoolgirls and women attend a protest in the Gaza Strip against an Israeli plan to include two contested holy sites in the occupied West Bank in a national heritage renovation plan. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked outrage late February when he said he hoped to include Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron in a national heritage restoration plan. (Said Khatib / AFP/Getty Images)
Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals demonstrate in front of the British Embassy at The Hague, demanding that the British military stop using animal fur for ceremonial bearskin hats. The banner in the center reads: “Better naked than killing a bear.” (Valerie Kuypers / EPA)
Environmentalists protesting outside the presidential office in Taipei display banners calling on the government to collect an energy tax. (Sam Yeh / AFP/Getty Images)
Protesters are escorted away by police officers after trying to approach the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The government is ratcheting up security for the opening of the national legislature’s annual session. (Vincent Thian / Associated Press)
An Algerian medical worker holds up a sign reading in French, “Where is our dignity, Mr. President? Do we have to look for it elsewhere?” About 500 medical workers held the protest in front of the Health Ministry in Algiers to demand better terms of employment. (Fayez Nureldine / AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, or FSLN for its initials in Spanish, and supporters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega protest outside the National Assembly in Managua against the attempt of the opposition to give amnesty to former officials accused of corruption in previous governments. (Elmer Martinez / AFP/Getty Images)
A protester is arrested by riot police during a demonstration in central Rome calling for better housing conditions. About 200 people took part in the demonstration, which left at least one protester injured. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP/Getty Images)
A Lebanese police officer, left rear, stands guard as protesters hold hands to block the entrance of a
