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Ana Maria del Verdun Suarez, 27, a police officer, on the outskirts of Montevideo City, UruguayAndres Stapff/Reuters

International Women's Day has long celebrated the social, economic, cultural structure and political achievements of women.Celebrated on 8 March, it recognises everything from women's suffrage to representation in politics and equal parenting covering all grounds of gender equality.

Emilie Jeannin, 37, a cow breeder, stands with her Charolais cows in Beurizot, FranceBenoit Tessier/Reuters

Lejla Selimovic, 34, a furniture restorer, at her workshop Wood Surgery in Zenica, Bosnia and HerzegovinaDado Ruvic/Reuters

Laila Sterk, 22, a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter, in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka, SyriaRodi Said/Reuters

Dr Catherine Reynolds, 37, a scientific researcher at Imperial College at her laboratory in LondonDylan Martinez/Reuters

Christine Akoth, 38, a metal painter in Nairobi, KenyaThomas Mukoya/Reuters

Mado, 34, a Brazilian artist, stands in front of her artwork at Vila Madalena neighbourhood in Sao Paulo, BrazilNacho Doce/Reuters

Raquel Gomez Delgado, 43, a marine fishing inspector, stands on board a fishing boat at Punta del Moral port in Huelva, SpainJuan Medina/Reuters

Ram, 46, at her stall at the flower market in Bangkok, ThailandJorge Silva/Reuters

Maxine Mallett, 52, a headteacher at Rutherford House School, in the school's playground in south LondonStefan Wermuth/Reuters

Mehwish Ekhlaque, 26, a bike rider and trainer, stands with her bike in Karachi, PakistanAkhtar Soomro/Reuters

Claudia Concha Parraguez, 45, a pole dancing instructor, is photographed in a gym in Santiago, ChileIvan Alvarado/Reuters

Ivana, 32, a community manager, at her home where she works in Belgrade, SerbiaMarko Djurica/Reuters

Phung Thi Hai, 54, carries bricks at a factory outside Hanoi, Vietnam,Kham/Reuters

Rosa Amelia Mejia Reyes, 35, a newspaper seller, stands at her selling post at the Juan Pablo II Avenue in San Salvador, El SalvadorJose Cabezas/Reuters

Yolaina Chavez Talavera, 31, a firefighter is photographed at a fire station in Managua, NicaraguaOswaldo Rivas/Reuters

Shinto priest Tomoe Ichino, 40, stands at the Imado Shrine in Tokyo, JapanToru Hanai/Reuters

Gabriela Santos, 26, a carriage driver for tourists, stands next to Jeronimos monastery in Lisbon, PortugalRafael Marchante/Reuters

Elizabeth Mamani, a reporter at Radio Union, inside the national congress building in La Paz, Bolivia. Photograph: David Mercado/Reuters

Aneta Lukasiewicz, 33, a hairdresser, at a hairdressing studio in Warsaw, PolandKacper Pempel/Reuters

Valerie Perron, 53, an oyster farmer, stands on her boat in Andernos, Southwestern FranceRegis Duvignau/Reuters

Januka Shrestha, 25, a Tuk Tuk driver in Kathmandu, NepalNavesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Aimee Pompa Bolivar, 43, a librarian, is photographed at the Municipal Library Enrique Jose Varona in Havana, CubaAlexandre Meneghini/Reuters

Rosalina Dallago, at her shoeshine shop, Sciuscia Chic, in Rome, Italy. Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters

Merylee, 26, a soldier in Nice, FranceEric Gaillard/Reuters

Jauna Diaz, 43, a street sweeper, works on the street in Mexico City, MexicoCarlos Jasso/Reuters

Filipina Grace Ocol, 40, a backhoe operator in Tubay, Agusan del Sur, southern PhilippinesErik De Castro/Reuters

Pilot Maria Uvarovskaya sits in the A320 flight simulator at the Aeroflot training centre at Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, RussiaGrigory Dukor/Reuters

Chrifa Nimri, 69, a fisherwoman, arranges a net after returning from fishing at the seaport Sidi Bou Said, in Tunis, TunisiaZoubeir Souissi/Reuters

Khawla Sheikh, 54, a plumber and a certified trainer, at her the basement in her house, where she gives plumbing training courses to other women, in Amman, JordanMuhammad Hamed/Reuters

Cristina Alvarez, 29, a butcher, stands outside a butcher shop, which she owns with her husband in Mexico City, MexicoLuis Gonzalez/Reuters

Liz Azoulay, 26, who loads and unloads cargo at Ashdod port, stands at the port, in Ashdod, southern Israel,Amir Cohen/Reuters

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