In pictures: Women's Day march around the world

Women march holding a banner that reads in Portuguese Together we are giants to mark International Womens Day in Sao Paulo, Brazil (AP)

Thousands of women took part in the march in Madrid and other Spanish cities as part of International Women's Day (AP)

Women march with a giant Peruvian national flag to mark the International women's day in Lima, Peru (AP)

Pakistani activists take part in an International Women's Day rally in Karachi, Pakistan on Women's day (AP)

An indigenous woman embraces another woman as they march to commemorate International Women's Day in Asuncion, Paraguay (AP)

Women march during International Women's Day in Mexico City (AP)

Protesters take part in a rally demanding women's rights on International Women's Day in Tahrir square in Baghdad, Iraq (AP)