Women march in front of Montevideo City Hall as they attend a rally marking International Women's Day in Montevideo, Uruguay.
A woman covered with a fishing net carries a sign that reads in Spanish "More rights" during an International Women's Day march in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Demonstrators take part in a march demanding women's rights during a protest marking International Women's Day in Madrid, Spain.
A woman covered in fake blood shouts slogans defending a women's right to have an abortion during protest marking International Women's Day in Brasilia, Brazil.
A woman with her body painted with the Portuguese message "Get out Temer," referring to Brazil's President, holds up a sign that says: "All the women against all violence" during a protest on International Women's Day in Brasilia, Brazil.
Women paint the shields of police standing guard in front of the Attorney General building during an International Women's Day demonstration in Quito, Ecuador.
Women holding letters forming the word 'NO' in Turkish, play drums and chant slogans during a protest marking the International Women's Day, in central Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue, the main shopping road of Istanbul.
People walk during a protest marking the International Women's Day, in central Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue.
People walk during a protest marking the International Women's Day, in central Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue.
Participants listen to remarks from a speaker at the International Women's Day rally in the shadow of New York's Trump Tower.
A group of women wearing masks a protest against violence against women outside of the General Prosecutor's Office in Caracas, Venezuela.
Turkish Cypriots women shout slogans as a banner in the background reads in Turkish "We defend life, we organize life" during a peace rally in Ledras Palace inside the UN buffer zone in divided capital Nicosia, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
Women lay on the ground during a performance to raise awareness for the plight of women killed by their partners in Romania, marking the International Women's Day in Bucharest, Romania.
Women clap and chant slogans during a one-hour strike to mark the U.N.-designated International Women's Day, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
A woman strikes a pose in front of a statue titled "Fearless Girl" in New York. A big investment firm, State Street Global Advisors, put the statue there to highlight International Women's Day. The work by artist Kristen Visbal.
Pakistani acid attack victim Rukhsana Sharafuddin gets ready to attend a gathering at an NGO office to mark the International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan.
Women wear purple ribbons over their mouths during the "Todas en Silencio" demonstration to mark the U.N.-designated International Women's Day, in front of La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile.
Two young women attend a rally to mark International Women's Day in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Thoko Mdlela, right, styles the hair of a client at her hair salon in Thokoza, south of Johannesburg, South Africa. 41-year-old hairdresser Mdlela has been in the beauty industry for 16 years. "Women are pillars of our communities, hence we need to celebrate them," said Mdlela, mother of a daughter of 12.
Thoko Mdlela sits under a hair dryer at her hair salon in Thokoza, south of Johannesburg, South Africa.
An Indian woman carrying recyclable materials she collected, walks on a railway track on International Women's Day in Gauhati, India.
Police block women during a rally at the U.S. Embassy to mark International Women's Day in Manila, Philippines.