PICS: On Women's Day, many rally, skip work, wear red

A woman covered in fake blood shouts slogans defending a women's right to have an abortion during protest marking International Women's Day in Brasilia, Brazil. Picture: Eraldo Peres/AP

A woman covered in fake blood shouts slogans defending a women's right to have an abortion during protest marking International Women's Day in Brasilia, Brazil. Picture: Eraldo Peres/AP

Turkish Cypriots women shout slogans as a banner in the background reads in Turkish "We defend life, we organize life" during a peace rally in Ledras Palace inside the UN buffer zone in divided capital Nicosia, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Picture: Petros Karadjias//AP

Demonstrators take part in a march demanding women's rights during a protest marking International Women's Day in Madrid, Spain. Picture: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP

A woman strikes a pose in front of a statue titled "Fearless Girl". Picture: Mark Lennihan/AP

Women from the National Indigenous Congress march during a demonstration marking International Women's Day in Mexico City. Picture: Eduardo Verdugo/AP

Pakistani acid attack victim Rukhsana Sharafuddin gets ready to attend a gathering at an NGO office to mark the International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan. Picture: Shakil Adil/AP

Women lay on the ground during a performance to raise awareness for the plight of women killed by their partners, marking the International Women's Day in Bucharest, Romania. Picture: Andreea Alexandru/AP

A masked woman walks in front of a banner that says in Spanish: "The revolution gestates in our bodies" at a march marking International Women's Day outside La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Many women stayed home from work, joined rallies or wore red Wednesday as International Women's Day was observed with a multitude of events around the world. Picture: Esteban Felix/AP

Two young women attend a rally to mark International Women's Day in Tbilisi, Georgia. Picture: Shakh Aivazov/AP

Women holding letters forming the word 'NO' in Turkish, play drums and chant slogans during a protest marking the International Women's Day, in central Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue. Picture: Emrah Gurel/AP

Participants listen to remarks from a speaker at the International Women's Day rally in the shadow of New York's Trump Tower. Picture: Bebeto Matthews/AP

A woman carries her son during a rally marking International Women's Day in Montevideo, Uruguay. Picture: Matilde Campodonico/AP

Police block women during a rally at the US Embassy to mark International Women's Day. Picture: Bullit Marquez/AP

Women paint the shields of police standing guard in front of the Attorney General building during an International Women's Day demonstration in Quito, Ecuador. Picture: Dolores Ochoa/AP

A group of women wearing masks a protest against violence against women outside of the General Prosecutor's Office in Caracas, Venezuela. Picture: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Thoko Mdlela, right, styles the hair of a client at her hair salon in Thokoza, south of Johannesburg. "Women are pillars of our communities, hence we need to celebrate them," said Mdlela. Picture: Themba Hadebe/AP

A woman shows her knuckles featuring the Spanish message: "Not one less" during an International Women's Day demonstration in Quito, Ecuador. Picture: Dolores Ochoa/AP