Photos: May Day rallies around the world

Foreign nationals working as domestics workers take part in a parade to mark May Day and to highlight their plight on May 1, 2016, in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

(Anwar Amro, AFP/Getty Images)

Chicago Tribune

May 1, 2016 9:57 AM PT

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Trade unions and other groups staged rallies around the world to mark International Workers Day.

Demonstrators shout slogans against riot police during clashes, in Istanbul, Turkey on May 1, 2016.

(Mehmet Guzel / AP)

Two women talk each other as they march with others during a May Day workers demonstration in Madrid, Sunday, May 1, 2016.

(Francisco Seco / AP)

Foreign labors in Taiwan shout slogans during a May Day rally in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, May 1, 2016.

(Chiang Ying-ying / AP)

Activists of the Sri Lankan Marxist political party Peoples’ Liberation Front shout slogans and march during a rally to mark May Day or International Labor Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, May 1, 2016.

(Eranga Jayawardena / AP)

Russians wave flags and cheer as they walk on Red Square to mark May Day in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 1, 2016, with the St. Basil’s Cathedral, left, and Spasskaya Tower, right, in the background.

(Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP)

Kashmiri workers from different trade unions shout slogans as they gather to mark May Day in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 1, 2016.

(Mukhtar Khan / AP)

People march during a May Day workers demonstration in Lyon, central France, Sunday, May 1, 2016.

(Laurent Cipriani / AP)

Bangladeshi workers and activists participate in a May Day rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 1, 2016.

(A.M. Ahad / AP)

Protesters, mostly workers, clash with riot police as they try to force their way closer to the gates of the U.S. Embassy in Manila to mark the International Labor Day Sunday, May 1, 2016 in Manila, Philippines.

(Bullit Marquez / AP)