Women Protest Worldwide Photos 3

Women Protest Worldwide Photos 3

Ellinda McKinney offers her message to police during the Occupy Denver protest, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 in Denver. Occupy Denver protesters and law enforcement officers faced off on the steps of the state Capitol and Civic Center after protesters marched through downtown Denver for the fourth week in a row. (Craig F. Walker)

A woman performs as a widow during a protest against violence in Mexico City on October 28, 2011. More than 41,000 people have been killed in rising drug-related violence in Mexico since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed soldiers and federal police to take on organized crime. Getty

Demonstrators march towards the Treasury Department and the White House in Washington on October 29, 2011 during a protest organized by the Occupy DC movement to call for increased taxes on the rich, a so-called ‘Robin Hood tax.’ Getty

Israelis protest against the high costs of living in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. According to police estimates over 30,000 participated in the Tel Aviv protest and thousands of others protested in Jerusalem on Saturday. A wave of social protests swept the country this summer as Israelis held mass protests to protest a wide range of social issues, especially high housing costs. (Maya Hasson)

A protester of the Occupy Berlin movement drinks champagne during a protest demonstration against the finance system in central Berlin, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (Markus Schreiber)

A demonstrator is seen during a protest organized by the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ICCS), on October 29, 2011 in Bern. More than 1000 persons attend the demonstration. The Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ICCS), a conservative Muslim group was under criticism after chosen a symbol reminiscent of the Jewish Star of David with the word ‘Muslim’ framed by a yellow star. Getty

A woman holds a crucifix and a rosary as she demonstrates among around one thousand people called by ‘Civitas’ association, close to Christian fundamentalists on October 29, 2011 in Paris to protest against the play ‘Sur le concept du visage du fils de Dieu’ (On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God) by Italian Romeo Castellucci which is performed at the Paris Theatre de la Ville from October 20 to 30. Every evening, protesters demonstrate in front of the building to denounce the’ of the play which they found insulting. Getty

Occupy Nashville protesters, from the left, Megan Riges, Lauren Plummer and Lindsey Krinks, celebrate Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, after they were released by police after being arrested overnight on Legislative Plaza in downtown Nashville, Tenn. Twenty-nine Wall Street protesters in Nashville have been issued misdemeanor citations for criminal trespassing after being arrested by state troopers overnight. (John Partipilo)

Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street Movement are seen at the Tennessee Capitol, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Tennessee’s safety commissioner says Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s office approved a pre-dawn roundup of Wall Street protesters from the state Capitol grounds. Twenty-nine people were arrested, but a night judge refused to sign warrants because the policy had only been in effect since the previous afternoon. (Erik Schelzig)

A dressed woman attends a protest in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday Oct. 26, 2011. The protest was against education reforms planned by the government that propose private funding for public institutions. (Fernando Vergara)

Activists of Femen, a Ukrainian women movement, wearing masks representing the slaughtered animals, shout slogans and hold placards reading ‘Zoomorgue’, ‘Slaughten house’, ‘Zooghetto’ as they stage a topless protest on a roof at the entrance of the zoo in Kiev on October 27, 2011. They rally against, as they say, the intolerable living conditions for animals in the zoo. Every year the Zoo is claiming the lives of hundreds of rare and exotic animals, that die a horrific death of hunger, cold or disease, as they report to AFP. The FEMEN movement demands that the Ukrainian authorities close the Kievs ZooMorgue as they call it. Getty

Supporters of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) attend a rally against Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari in Lahore on October 28, 2011. More than 30,000 supporters of Pakistan’s main opposition party took to the streets in a protest rally on October 28, burning an effigy of President Asif Ali Zardari and demanding that he quit. The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) called the rally in Lahore to exploit talk of early elections in its political heartland, where it controls the Punjab provincial government despite being in opposition at national level. Getty

Supporters of Pakistani politician Imran Khan and chief of Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) party, carry placards as they march during protest rally in Islamabad on October 28, 2011 against US drone attacks in Pakistani tribal region. Khan staged a rally along with tribal elders in Islamabad against the continued US drone attacks in tribal areas which they said were killing hundreds of innocent people. Nearly 60 US drone strikes have been reported in Pakistan so far this year, dozens of them since Navy SEALs killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the garrison city of Abbottabad, close to the capital Islamabad, on May 2. Getty

Protesters throw mud at a caricature of President Benigno Aquino III during a protest Friday Oct. 28, 2011 in Manila, Philippines against the President’s alleged continued support for big corporations including the big three oil companies in the country. The protest, part of the nationwide “Women’s Day of Protest,” was held following another round of oil price hike implemented late last week. (Bullit Marquez)

Relatives of missing Kashmiri youth participate in a protest demonstration organized by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in Srinagar, India, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. According to APDP some 8,000-10,000 people have gone missing since the beginning of the Kashmir conflict in 1989, after being arrested by Indian security forces and other security agencies. (Dar Yasin)

Anti-austerity protesters shout slogans before a scheduled military parade in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Thousands of anti-austerity protesters in the city forced the cancellation of Friday’s annual military parade commemorating Greece’s entry into World War II. The demonstrators heckled Greek President Karolos Papoulias and other attending officials, calling Papoulias a traitor. (Nikolas Giakoumidis)

Campaigners on the ‘Occupy London Stock Exchange’ protest encampment outside St Paul’s Cathedral on October 28, 2011 in London, England. St Paul’s Cathedral is due to reopen after being closed due to the adjacent ‘Occupy London Stock Exchange’ protest against the global financial system which has been in place for almost two weeks. Getty

Filipino Muslims hold their Friday prayers near the Presidential Palace during a “Prayer-for-Peace” rally Friday Oct. 28, 2011 in Manila, Philippines. The prayer protest was held to call for peace following the military’s launching of air strikes and military operations after one of the worst clashes in three years with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) this month killed 26 soldiers, three policemen and an undetermined number of Muslim rebels. Close to 30,000 civilians have been displaced in the ongoing operation, officials said. AP

A man consoles a distressed woman as she weeps at a protest during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, Australia, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Queen Elizabeth II opened CHOGM Friday with more than 50 commonwealth nations’ leaders attending the three-day forum to discuss global and Commonwealth issues and collective policies and initiatives. AP

Members of the Mexican Huichole community take part in a protest against Canadian mining projects in Mexico City on October 27, 2011. Huicholes from Durango, Nayarit and Jalisco marched along Reforma avenue towards the presidential palace to demand the end of the Canadian exploitation of silver in Cerro del Quemado, San Luis Potosi, arguing it affects nature and their sacred path. Getty

A member of the Mexican Huichole community takes part in a protest against Canadian mining projects in Mexico City on October 27, 2011. Huicholes from Durango, Nayarit and Jalisco marched along Reforma avenue towards the presidential palace to demand the end of the Canadian exploitation of silver in Cerro del Quemado, San Luis Potosi, arguing it affects nature and their sacred path. Getty

A resident speaks with journalists as they protest outside the refinery compound of Italian oil company Eni at the town of Tazarka, about 70 km (43.5 miles) south-east of capital Tunis October 27, 2011. The protesters say that the refinery owners have not honoured their commitments to provide the local community with jobs and investments in infrastructure. Message written in Arabic reads “protest”. Reuters

People march during a protest in Zhili town, Huzhou city, Zhejiang province October 27, 2011. Hundreds of people have clashed with police and smashed public property in China’s eastern Zhejiang province after a dispute between tax authorities and a local shop owner snowballed into protests, a government-run news site said. Reuters

People watch as riot police walk along the central square during a protest in Zhili town, Huzhou city, Zhejiang province October 27, 2011. Hundreds of people have clashed with police and smashed public property in China’s eastern Zhejiang province after a dispute between tax authorities and a local shop owner snowballed into protests, a government-run news site said. Reuters

A Christian activist holds a placard reading “No fraternity without respect of the other” as she prays during a demonstration, in Paris, Thursday Oct. 27, 2011, in front of the Theatre de la ville, where the Italian director Romeo Castellucci’s play “On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God” is being performed. Christian fundamentalists protest against the play featuring the face of Christ drizzled with fake excrement. (Thibault Camus)

About 1300 hundred people attend a candlelight vigil for Scott Olsen on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. During an Occupy Oakland protest Tuesday night, a projectile apparently fired by police struck the Iraq veteran in the head leaving him in critical condition with a fractured skull. (Noah Berger)

Participants of the Occupy Wall Street movement, right, talk to pedestrians trying to walk past their tent at the encampment at Zuccotti Park, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 in New York. The protests, which started on Sept. 17 with a few dozen demonstrators near Wall Street, as grown into a nationwide and international movement. (Mary Altaffer)

Demonstrators supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement march in the hallways during a rally inside the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. Several speakers criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo for blocking a bill that would tax New Yorkers making over $1 million a year at a higher rate while cutting aid to schools, colleges and the poor. Cuomo, who was in New York City, had no immediate comment Thursday. (Hans Pennink)

Police officers look at the Occupy London Stock Exchange camp as they stand on the steps outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. St. Paul’s Cathedral says it will reopen Friday, a week after is shut its doors because of an anti-capitalist protest camp outside. It will reopen to tourists on Saturday. Protesters have been camped outside the building since Oct. 15. Days later, cathedral officials shut the building to the public.

Demonstrators hold cutouts representing women during a protest in front of the National Assembly building during a protest to demand the return of the therapeutic abortion law, in Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday Oct. 26, 2011. The therapeutic abortion law, which allows the termination of a pregnancy to save a mother’s life, was repealed by the legislature in 2006, handing down eight-year prison sentences to those who terminated risky pregnancies. (Esteban Felix)

In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 file photo demonstrators burn copies of emergency tax notices during a protest by the Communist-backed labor union. Groups of lawyers, trade unions and campaigners have tried to derail government efforts to collect new taxes, or to suspend tens of thousands of civil servants on partial pay. State buildings have been occupied, municipalities have stalled in delivering emergency notices ordering strikers back to work.

Two activists of the Femen Movement from Ukraine protest during a press conference ‘Euro 2012: Corruption and Prostitution’ organised in the Culture Center Nowy Wspanialy Swiat, in Warsaw, Poland, on September 15, 2011. The members of the Femen Movement were presented during the conference as Blyadek and Blyadko – alternative mascots of Euro 2012, who like sex, football and alcohol. FEMEN activists want to demostrate the ‘dark side’ of Ukraine’s preparation for Euro 2012 and expose the corrupt schemes associated with the football championships. Getty

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