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May 4, 2011 |
May Day 2011
Demonstrators around the globe observed May Day this past weekend with protests and mass gatherings, including a few that turned violent. The day has become an occasion for a wide range of agendas, from promoting rights for immigrant workers, to a traditional nod for International Workers' Day, to a call for a revival of communism, to a celebration of spring. Here is a collection of images focused on how workers, unions, socialist groups and others marked the day. -- Lloyd Young
39 photos total)

A worker marks his head with the sign "Stop Out-Sourcing" as he marches to the presidential palace during a rally in Jakarta May 1, 2011. More than 15,000 laborers stage rallies in Jakarta and other big cities in Indonesia to mark May Day, calling on the government for improvement in employment policies. (Supri/Reuters)

Demonstrators shout slogans and hold banners as they take part in May Day rally in downtown Lisbon on May 1, 2011. In Portugal, tens of thousands marched in protest at austerity measures expected to be imposed under the terms of a European Union and International Monetary Fund bailout plan. (Patricia De Melo Moriera/AFP/Getty Images) #

A demonstrator sits on a street during a May Day demonstration on May 1, 2011 in Hamburg. The international day of the worker has for the past two decades been accompanied in German cities by sporadic street violence and pitched battles between far-right skinheads, antifascist groups, and police. (Bodo Marks/AFP/Getty Images) #

Protesters break the glass to a bank entrance marking May Day in Bogota, Colombia, on May 1, 2011. Riot police faced a few threats from students throwing stones, Molotov cocktails, paint and breaking storefront windows. Colombian workers marched through the main streets of the country to mark International Workers' Day. (Fernando Vergara/Associated Press) #

Russian police officers detain an opposition supporter during a May Day rally in St. Petersburg on May 1, 2011. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in May Day demonstrations across Russia, some showing support for the Kremlin and others urging Russians to overthrow the ruling duo. Anti-Kremlin protesters were however greatly outnumbered by pro-government demonstrators mobilised by the ruling United Russia party and Kremlin-friendly trade unions, which claimed a turnout of 2 million people. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images) #

A worker tries to stop a policeman extinguishing burning tires during a rally in front of the presidential palace in Jakarta on May 1, 2011. More than 15,000 laborers stage rallies in Jakarta and other big cities in Indonesia to mark May Day, calling on the government for improvement in employment policies. (Enny Nuraheni/Reuters) #

Police shields are laid on a street as thousands of workers hold a Labor Day protest near the Malacanang palace in Manila on May 1, 2011. Thousands of workers and activists marched on Philippines streets marking May Day to protest the government's migrant labor policy and demand higher wages amid rising prices for basic commodities. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images) #

A protester shouts slogans from the top of a van during a May Day demonstration in Macau on May 1, 2011. About 1,000 people joined a peaceful but noisy march to the Macau government office on May Day, with only one protester being taken away by police after refusing to remove his van from a public road that was obstructing traffic outside of the government office. (Antony Dickson/AFP/Getty Images) #

An antiriot policeman gives a thumbs up to workers as they protest during a rally in front of the presidential palace in Jakarta on May 1, 2011. More than 15,000 laborers stage rallies in Jakarta and other big cities in Indonesia to mark May Day, calling on the government for improvement in employment policies. (Enny Nuraheni/Reuters) #

Supporters of the Bulgarian Socialist Party shout antigovernment slogans during a rally marking May Day in central Sofia on May 1, 2011. Hundreds of Bulgarians urged the government to resign over its failure to cope with the economic crisis in the European Union's poorest country. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters) #

A woman greets Russian communist supporters from a window with a red cloth during the traditional May Day rally in central Moscow on May 1, 2011. May Day traditionally celebrates the rights of the proletariat in the former Soviet Union countries. Crowds waving balloons and blue or red flags gathered in cities from the Pacific port of Vladivostok to Moscow in carefully choreographed rallies reminiscent of the Soviet era when May 1 was one of the most venerable holidays celebrating international socialism. (Dmitry Kostukov/AFP/Getty Images) #

A demonstrator of Comisiones Obreras, or CCOO, sticks out his tongue as he holds a pick during a May Day demonstration in Malaga, Spain, on May 1, 2011. Spanish unions staged their traditional rally all over Spain, demanding job equality, fair salaries, and productive investment. (Jon Nazca/Reuters) #

Demonstrators shout slogans and hold banners as they take part in May Day rally in downtown Lisbon on May 1, 2011. In Portugal, tens of thousands marched in protest at austerity measures expected to be imposed under the terms of a European Union and International Monetary Fund bailout plan. (Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images) #

A young girl holds a flag of the General Union of Workers during a May Day rally in the centre of Madrid on May 1, 2011. Tens of thousands took to the streets across the globe for May Day to press for workers' rights amid tough economic times and to back an array of other causes. (Dani Pozo/AFP/Getty Images) #