Workers around the world took to the streets Friday, May 1 to mark International Workers Day, more commonly known as May Day, with marches and calls for higher pay and better working conditions.
May Day Celebrated Around the World

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Communists and their supporters celebrate May Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 1, 2015.

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People wave a second Spanish Republic flag (C) and Communist flags during a May Day rally in Malaga, Spain, May 1, 2015.

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People throw smoke grenades during the annual Labor Day protest in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, May 1, 2015.

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A man lies on the ground as Turkish police use a water cannon to disperse protestors during a May Day rally near Taksim Square in Istanbul, May 1, 2015.