May Day rallies around the world – in pictures

A protester shouts slogans during a demonstration in central Athens Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Thai workers walk next to elephants as they rally to mark International Workers' Day in Bangkok Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images

Demonstrators join a protest against the economic policies of the Spanish government during May Day in Madrid Photograph: Dani Pozo/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters sit with red flags during a May Day rally in central Istanbul Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

A woman raises her cap as workers march to salute the state governor during a rally to mark May Day in Lagos Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images

People protest during a May Day rally in central Stockholm Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images

Members of trade unions affiliated to the Unified Communist party of Nepal listen to a speech in Kathmandu Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh Photograph: Pavel Rahman/AP

Workers from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions sing during a rally at City Hall Plaza in Seoul Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

A worker wears a defaced mask of the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in Jakarta Photograph: Tatan Syuflana/AP

Musicians at a rally for Russian trade unions and United Russia party members in Moscow Photograph: Andrey Smirnov/AFP/Getty Images

Greek Communist party supporters in the Aspropyrgos industrial area outside Athens show their support for steelworkers who have been on strike for months Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP

Activists in Hong Kong Photograph: Laurent Fievet/AFP/Getty Images

A Thai protester holds a portrait of King Bhumibol Adulayadej and Queen Sirikit in Narathiwat Photograph: Madaree Tohlala/AFP/Getty Images

A boy holds an Iraqi flag at a rally in central Baghdad Photograph: Sabah Arar/AFP/Getty Images

Thousands of workers stage a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia Photograph: Bagus Indahono/EPA

A boy helps his mother sell traditional red bows with portraits of historical communist leaders in Kiev, Ukraine Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA

Marchers in Moscow, Russia Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA

Militants and labour union members gather around a burning effigy of the Philippine president, Benigno Aquino, in Manila Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters in Lahore, Pakistan Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images