1 of 8 Women around the world have been marking International Women's Day - here, a Pakistani woman protests against gender inequality and violence in Lahore.
2 of 8 Bangladeshi women victims of acid attacks, often carried out by men whose advances have been spurned, use candles to spell out the word "acid" in Dhaka.
3 of 8 A Kenyan woman demonstrates how she cooks food for her family every day during a march through the centre of the capital, Nairobi.
4 of 8 Female Iraqi ministers, speaking at a news conference in Baghdad, address the role of women in Iraq and their own work in the interim government.
5 of 8 A female officer in the Chinese People's Liberation Army stands on Beijing's Tiananmen Square waving a rose given to her in celebration of the day.
6 of 8 A pro-choice campaigner takes part in a march in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, to mark the day. Her banner calls for No Turning Back on the right to abortion.
7 of 8 Former World War II sex slave Virginia Manalastas, 81, protests outside the Japanese embassy in the Philippine capital, Manila.
8 of 8 In Afghanistan, local women smile at female Spanish peacekeepers as International Women's Day is celebrated for the first time in 11 years.
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