May Day rallies

1. May Day rallies

2. Plainclothes police officers detain a protester as she and others attempt to defy a ban and to gather at Taksim Square to celebrate May Day, in central Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan

3. Demonstrators clash with people opposing their rally during a May Day protest in Union Square in New York City. REUTERS/Mike Segar

4. People light smoke bombs at a demonstration of leftists at May Day demonstrations in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

5. French CRS riot police protect themselves from flames during clashes at the traditional May Day labour union march in Paris. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

6. Demonstrators clash with riot policemen during a rally marking May Day in Santiago, Chile. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

7. A member of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) is thrown into the air by his colleagues during a rally to mark International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, in Tunis, Tunisia. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

8. Demonstrators attend a May Day march in London. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

9. A member of riot police walks in front of a flaming barricade during a May Day rally in Gijon, Spain. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso

10. Security personnel take away a man during a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

11. Masked demonstrators gather ahead of labour unions at the traditional May Day labour march in Paris, France. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

12. A protester dressed as a clown holds an umbrella over a Swiss police officer on a motorbike during a May Day demonstration in Zurich, Switzerland. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

13. A demonstrator holds a warning flare as part of traditional May Day labour day march in Nantes, France. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

14. Activists wear masks depicting the face of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the French far-right National Front, with the hair of his daughter Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) candidate for 2017 presidential election, during a demonstration

15. Workers of the agriculture sector march past during the celebration marking the international workers' day at Agege stadium in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

16. Flames from a burning cardboard dragon in a caddy are seen near French CRS riot police during clashes as part of the traditional May Day labour union march in Paris. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

17. Workers from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) holding red-colored umbrellas march during a May Day rally in Seoul, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

18. French gendarmes apprehend a demonstrator during clashes at the traditional May Day labour union march in Paris, France. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

19. Revellers attend May Day celebrations outside Magdalen College as the sun rises over Oxford, Britain. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

20. Indonesian workers wear masks as they march during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia. REUTERS/Beawiharta

21. Workers from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) chant slogans during a May Day rally in Seoul, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

22. A man shouts slogans while protesters hold banners as they attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

23. A police officer detains a protester as she and others attempt to defy a ban and to gather at Taksim Square to celebrate May Day, in central Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan

24. Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes (L) and Cuba's National Assembly President Esteban Lazo hold Cuban flags as they watch a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

25. A masked demonstrator protects himself from tear gas during clashes at the traditional May Day labour union march in Paris. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

26. Workers from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) chant slogans during a May Day rally in Seoul, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

27. People hold flags as they take part in a May Day rally in rebel-held Luhansk, Ukraine. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

28. A child rides a scooter before a May Day rally held by Russian Communist party in central Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. The banner reads, "Long live May 1!". REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

29. A man waves a flag with an image of Che Guevara at a march during the May Day or Labour Day rally organised by People's Liberation Front opposition party in Colombo, Sri Lanka. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

30. Turkish riot police scuffle with a group of protesters as they attempted to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

31. People attend a rally commemorating May Day in central Kiev, Ukraine. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

32. Workers and contractors from PT Freeport travel in a convoy during a rally commemorating May Day in Timika, Papua province, Indonesia. Antara Foto/Wahyu Putro A/via REUTERS

33. Union members take part in a May Day Rally organised by the newly-formed South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) in Durban, South Africa. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

34. Cuba's President Raul Castro looks through a binocular as he watches a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

35. Protesters shout slogans as they attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir

36. Turkish police ride motorcycles during the May Day in Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer