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Photos: May Day around the globe

May 1, 2014 11:01AM ET

Protesters in countries around the world use the international holiday to promote their causes

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Indonesia Workers wearing shirts with portraits of Che Guevara rally outside the presidential palace in Jakarta to demand better working conditions in Southeast Asia's most populous nation. Romeo Gacad / AFP / Getty Images
May Day
Italy Riot police clash with demonstrators calling attention to unemployment and austerity during a march in Turin. Alessandro di Marco / EPA
May Day
South Korea Labor union members hold up signs reading "We don't need this kind of president" at a rally organized by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in Seoul. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images
May Day
Turkey Protesters stand amid a fog of tear gas fired by riot police to disperse a rally in Istanbul. The protesters were attempting to defy a ban on demonstrations on Taksim Square. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images
May Day
United Kingdom A rally in central London pays tribute to the lives of rail union leader Bob Crow and veteran Labour Party politician Tony Benn, both of whom died earlier this year. Carl Court / AFP / Getty Images
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Nepal Workers take part in a rally in Katmandu. Prakash Mathema / AFP / Getty Images
May Day
Ukraine Communist Party supporters carry red flags and a banner of Lenin during a rally set against the struggle for control of the region between the governments in Kyiv and Moscow. Volodymyr Petrov / EPA
May Day
France Supporters of France's far-right National Front at a rally in Paris. Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP / Getty Images
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Russia Communist Party activists carry red flags and banners during a traditional May Day rally in central Moscow. Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP / Getty Images

 

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