Tens of thousands of workers are taking to the streets in cities around the world to mark international Labor Day with marches and calls for better workers' rights.
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Protesters burn an effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III during a rally near the Presidential Palace in Manila to celebrate international Labor Day known as May Day in the Philippines, May 1, 2012 (AP Photo)
A worker wears a defaced mask of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a rally to mark May Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo)
Tens of thousands of visitors flock to Tiananmen Square area to enjoy May Day, a public holiday. People line up in front of a portrait of Sun Yat-sen, to view the embalmed body of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong at his mausoleum in Beijing, China, Ma
Students enact a skit demanding a freeze in tuition increases along side thousands of anti-government protesters demanding higher wages and better treatment during a May Day march in downtown Taipei, Taiwan, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo)
A woman walks past a picture of U.S. import beef during a May Day rally in downtown Seoul, South Korea, May 1, 2012.
North Koreans dip their hands in a stream in Pyongyang, North Korea, on May Day, May 1, 2012. North Korean families flocked to parks, playgrounds and plazas to enjoy the May Day holiday with picnics, cultural events and games. (AP Photo)
Workers chant slogans during a May Day rally to call for a minimum wage law in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo)
An activist of Sri Lanka's Marxist political party, People's Liberation Front shouts out instructions during a street march to celebrate international Labor Day known as May Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo)
A trade union activist dances during a rally organized by various trade unions affiliated to the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to mark May Day in Katmandu, Nepal, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, 2nd left, and president-elect Vladimir Putin, 3rd left, take part in a May Day rally, organized by trade unions and United Russia party, in Moscow, Russia, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo)
France's far-right National Front candidate for the presidential election Marine Le Pen, right, with her father Jean Marie Le Pen, walk toward the statue of Joan of Arc, during the traditional May Day march in Paris, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo)
Governor and top candidate of the German social democrats (SPD) for state elections in North-Rhine Westphalia, Hannelore Kraft, center, shows thumb up during a union march in Dortmund, Germany, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo)
Riot police stand next to a burning election kiosk of an independent right-wing candidate by protesters during a May Day protest in Athens, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo)
Supporters of the Lebanese Communist party, wave Lebanese flags with the Communist sign printed on them and chant slogans against the Lebanese government, during a demonstration to mark Labor Day, in Beirut, Lebanon, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo)