Picturing this year’s activities and featuring a number of rallies to mark the ongoing fight for women’s equality. We love to bring you the news through photos and this article will certainly complete its task – to inform you.

From girls who shout slogans during a protest demanding equal rights for women to women during a “pans meeting” at the Puerta del Sol as part of the feminist strike called by the 8M Commission, an umbrella group of feminist organisations, all these photos will keep you informed.

Check them out for more information and start to see our world through photos!

New Delhi, India

Girls shout slogans during a protest demanding equal rights for women.
Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Manila, Philippines

A female protester wipes tears from her eye during a rally to celebrate International Women’s Day. The protesters included the relatives of victims of the extra-judicial killings.
Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images

Islamabad, Pakistan

Female members of a police commando march during a ceremony on International Women’s Day at the police headquarters.
Photograph: Faisal Mahmood/Reuters

Seoul, South Korea

South Korean women show their support for the #MeToo movement during a rally for female labourers by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions.
Photograph: YONHAP/EPA

Kathmandu, Nepal

Female band members of the Armed Police Force (APF) take part during a rally.
Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Dhaka, Bangladesh

A woman holds a candle during a vigil on the Central Shaheed Minar premises just after midnight.
Photograph: Zakir Hossain Chowdhury / Barcroft Images

Singapore

Billie Jean King, founder of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and former world number one tennis player, poses with fans for a selfie during an event organised by the WTA to launch the last edition of the WTA Finals and to commemorate International Women’s Day.
Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Minsk, Belarus

Women participate in the ‘Beauty Run’ to mark International Women’s Day.
Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Barcelona, Spain

Women argue with Catalonian regional police officers as they try to close access to the Gran Via street in Barcelona. They are participants in the first national strike to combat wage inequality and gender violence in Spain.
Photograph: Quique Garcia/EPA

Madrid, Spain

Women during a “pans meeting” at the Puerta del Sol as part of the feminist strike called by the 8M Commission, an umbrella group of feminist organisations. ‘If we stop, the world stops’ is their slogan.
Photograph: Juanjo Martin/EPA