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United States
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/mayday18a.jpgA New York police officer escorts a man who was arrested as members of Occupy Wall Street protested during a May Day rally in front of the Bank of America building in New York City. Photograph: Monika Graff/Getty Images
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Russia
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/mayday17a.jpgRussian president Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin toast with beer during a visit to a restaurant after taking part in a march to celebrate International Workers' Day in Moscow. Photograph: Dmitry Astakhov/RIA Novosti/Kremlin
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Greece
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may2a.jpgSupporters of the Greek Communist party take part in a May Day rally outside the Hellenic Halyvourgia, a privately owned steel plant where steelworkers have been on strike for months over job losses, at Aspropyrgos suburb in the south of Athens. Photograph: Yorgos Karahalis/Reuters
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Greece
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may3a.jpgA unionist of the Greek Communist party takes part in a rally outside the Hellenic Halyvourgia, a privately owned steel plant where steelworkers have been on strike for months over job losses, at Aspropyrgos suburb in the south of Athens. Photograph: Yorgos Karahalis/Reuters
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Greece
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may7a.jpgStudents and workers carry red flags during a May Day protest in central Athens. Thousands of workers across southern Europe protested against spending cuts in annual rallies before weekend elections in Greece and France where voters are expected to punish leaders for austerity. Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
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Philippines
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may13a.jpgProtesters burn an effigy of President Benigno Aquino as thousands of workers near the presidential palace in Manila rally for rights and better wages as part of Labour Day. Photograph: Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters
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Philippines
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may14a.gifProtesters burn an effigy of President Benigno Aquino. Photograph: Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters
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Germany
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may1a.jpgMen wearing traditional dress take part in the Bavarian tradition of raising the maypole as part of May Day celebrations in Perchting, Germany. The tradition of erecting the tall wooden pole in small towns and villages goes back to the 16th century. Photograph: Alexandra Beier/Getty Images
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Germany
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may4a.jpgBavarian men raise the maypole as part of May Day celebrations in Perchting, Germany. The pole is usually painted in the Bavarian colours of white and blue and decorated with emblems depicting local crafts and industry. Labour Day, in Rieti, central Italy. Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters
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Switzerland
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may15a.gifA portrait cutout of Swiss Defence Minister Ueli Maurer is burnt by demonstrators in front of the Grossmuenster church in Zurich. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Italy
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may5a.jpgA man marches during a rally to celebrate International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, in Rieti, central Italy. Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters
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Italy
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may6a.jpgA woman shouts slogans during a rally in Rieti, central Italy. Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters
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Croatia
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may8a.jpgCroatian workers chants slogans in the centre of Zagreb. Thousand of workers demanded the government improve the working conditions of temporary employees. Photograph: Antonio Bronic/Reuters
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France
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may9a.jpgSupporters of France's far right National Front political party walk behind a banner that reads: 'French Proud and Strong' as they march in Paris. Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters
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France
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may10a.jpgFrance's far right National Front political party leader Marine Le Pen (2-R) and her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen (2nd L), attend the National Front's annual May Day rally in Paris. Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters
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France
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may11a.jpgDemonstrators shout slogans in a French unions' march in Marseille. Photograph: Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters
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Ukraine
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/maday16a.jpgA communist supporter attends a rally on International Workers' Day in central Kiev. Photograph; Gleb Garanich/Reuters
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Ukraine
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/may12a.jpgChildren hold balloons among communist supporters in central Kiev. Photograph; Gleb Garanich/Reuters
