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
![Communists and their supporters celebrate May Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 1, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d408dd66-3228-4880-bc4a-7cb1b4c849b7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Communists and their supporters celebrate May Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 1, 2015.
![People wave a second Spanish Republic flag (C) and Communist flags during a May Day rally in Malaga, Spain, May 1, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/02f81989-1379-43bd-94a5-a0fdb2179b3a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![People throw smoke grenades during the annual Labor Day protest in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, May 1, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/45ebf442-8479-45bb-8d9a-07f1ec2008a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a4faff81-7938-4e05-b235-c2eb9811f763_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.