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May Day rallies and celebrations around the world - in pictures

May Day: A May Day demonstrator in bodypaint in Jakarta
A May Day demonstrator in bodypaint leads a group of union members and activists in a protest outside the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia Photograph: Ed Wray/Getty Images
May Day afternoon: A boy salutes as he holds up an image of Hugo Chavez in Havana, Cuba
A boy salutes as he holds up an image of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chávez in Havana, Cuba Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP
May Day afternoon: A band plays during the annual May Day march in London
A band plays during the annual May Day march in London, England. Students, trade unionists, pensioners and activists staged a march through central London before gathering in Trafalgar Square to hear speeches Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
May Day afternoon: Protests greet Danish Prime Minister
Protests greet Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt during her May Day speech at Tangkroen in Aarhus, Denmark Photograph: Daniel Hjort/AP
May Day afternoon: A demonstrator dressed up as a Pac-Man character in Barcelona
A demonstrator dressed up as a Pac-Man character and wearing a mask of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, takes part a in a march against the Spanish government's austerity policies in the centre of Barcelona Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images
May Day afternoon: Women protesters shout slogans in Dhaka
Women protesters call for better working conditions for garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP
May Day: An elderly man holds a poster with a picture of Angela Merkel
A man holds a poster of German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside parliament during a protest in Athens Photograph: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP
May Day: A man holding a sprig of Lily of the Valley in Toulouse
A man holds a sprig of Lily of the Valley during a May Day demonstration in Toulouse, southern France Photograph: Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images
May Day: May Day Dawn Celebrations On Glastonbury Tor
Rollo Maughfling, (left) the Archdruid of Glastonbury and Stonehenge, conducts a May Day dawn celebration service in front of St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
May Day: A masked policeman fires teargas during clashes in Istanbul
A masked policeman fires teargas during clashes at a May Day demonstration in Istanbul after hundreds of protesters defied a Labour Day ban on demonstrations in a central district Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
May Day: German riot police officers watch the crowd in Berlin
German riot police watch the crowd as a protester gestures at a May Day demonstration in Berlin Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/Reuters
May Day: An elderly man at the Ukrainian Communists march and rally marking in Kiev
Ukrainian Communists rally in Kiev Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
May Day: Protesters burn a mural in Manila, Philippines
Protesters burn a mural depicting President Barack Obama and President Benigno Aquino III after being blocked by police from getting close to the US embassy in Manila, Philippines Photograph: Bullit Marquez/AP
May Day: Workers demonstrate in Tokyo, Japan
Workers protest against consumption tax and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after the May Day rally in Tokyo, Japan Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA
May Day: A person holds a windmill on Glastonbury Tor
A person holds a windmill as people watch the sun rise in front of St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
May Day: Indonesian workers take part in a rally in Jakarta
Indonesian workers with their faces and bodies painted in white take part in a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia Photograph: Achmad Ibrahim/AP
May Day: A Cambodian garment factory worker joins a rally on in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
A Cambodian garment factory worker joins a rally in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Photograph: Heng Sinith/AP
May Day: Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill, Edinburgh
The Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill in Edinburgh Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
May Day: Over 20,000 workers stage a protest in Taipei, Taiwan
More than 20,000 workers protest against President Ma Ying-jeou's pension reforms in Taipei, Taiwan Photograph: Ashley Pon/Getty Images
May Day: Maoist) activists and supporters cheer their party in Kathmandu
Supporters of the Unified Communist party of Nepal (Maoist) rally during Labour Day in Kathmandu, Nepal Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
May Day: Morris dancers in Radcliffe Square, Oxford
Morris dancers in Radcliffe Square, Oxford, during the annual May Day celebrations Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA
May Day: Supporters from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) in central Sofia
Supporters from the Bulgarian Socialist party shout slogans during a rally in central Sofia Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
May Day afternoon: Members of leftist opposition groups take part in rally in Moscow
Members of leftist opposition groups take part in their traditional May Day rally in Moscow with writer Eduard Limonov (second right) Photograph: Andrey Smirnov/AFP/Getty Images
May Day afternoon: Demonstrators attend a rally in Taipei
Demonstrators attend a rally in Taipei, Taiwan Photograph: Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images
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