A demonstrator with face paint takes part in a protest by black and indigenous women against racism and machismo in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 25, 2017. Show moreShow less
A woman wearing a shirt that says "Black Girls" participates in a protest called March for Racial Justice in New York City, U.S. October 1, 2017. Show moreShow less
A boy stands with women loyal to the Houthi movement during a gathering held to show their support to the movement in Sanaa, Yemen January 14, 2018.Show moreShow less
A displaced Iraqi girl climbs a fence to get inside Hammam al-Alil camp south of Mosul, Iraq, April 27, 2017.Show moreShow less
A Rohingya refugee girl plays at a tube-well in Palong Khali camp, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh January 14, 2018. Show moreShow less
An Afghan woman clad in a burqa stands in front of a shop at Ka Faroshi bird market in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 18, 2018. Show moreShow less
Swedish Member European Parliament Jytte Guteland holds her baby as she takes part in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, March 14, 2017.Show moreShow less
Ada Kennedy, 7, looks up at her mother as they participate in a protest march for survivors of sexual assault and their supporters in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California U.S. November 12, 2017.Show moreShow less
Women riding in a van react to something happening outside the van in Rawalpindi, Pakistan October 5, 2017. Show moreShow less
A survivor of slavery who wished to remain anonymous poses for a picture in New Delhi, India March 7, 2018. Image used fro illustrative purpose.Show moreShow less
Women dressed as handmaids from the novel, film and television series "The Handmaid's Tale" demonstrate against cuts for Planned Parenthood in the Republican U.S. Senate healthcare bill at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017. Show moreShow less
Actor Rose McGowan raises her fist after addressing the audience during the opening session of the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 27, 2017.Show moreShow less
A group of people wearing "pussyhats" ride the subway at 42nd Street as they head toward the Women's March in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., January 20, 2018. Show moreShow less
Samantha Hanahentzen, 17, poses for a #MeToo portrait in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. October 29, 2017. Hanahentzen said: "When I saw the #MeToo hashtag I was just coming to terms with my sexual assault. It happened when I was in middle school by one of my teachers. It took me a while to come forward with what had happened to me and then when I went to the administration I was told I didn't have enough evidence to prove anything and I should just keep quiet about it because I and the school could be sued for slander if I went public with my experience. It was really silencing because when I was being assaulted it was that stereotypical line of 'let's keep this between me and you.' And then when I found the courage to come out with it I was told again 'let's keep this quiet.' So for me too, it was a way to have a voice and it was a way for me to see that I'm not the only one that has gone through this and that women all around the world have all experienced the same thing. It was really unifying." Show moreShow less
People gather to protest against plans to further restrict abortion laws in Krakow, Poland January 17, 2018. Banner reads "Women's rights - women's business". Show moreShow less
Zeinab, 14, looks in a small mirror as she brushes her teeth using a chewing stick inside her shelter at a camp for internally displaced people from drought hit areas in Dollow, Somalia April 3, 2017. Show moreShow less
Roshid Jan, a Rohingya refugee who said she is not sure of her age, cries holding her son Muhammad Gyab at their shelter at the camp for widows and orphans inside the Balukhali camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, December 5, 2017. Roshid Jan, who walked for 10 days with her five children to Bangladesh after soldiers burnt their village, wept when she spoke about her missing husband. The religious leader in their Phansi village in Myanmar's Rakhine state was accused of being a member of the Rohingya militants and arrested 11 months ago, she said. She had not seen him or heard about his fate since then. Now she lives with her five children and more than 230 others at camp for Rohingya widows and orphans. Reuters photographer Damir Sagolj: "Three hills away from the nearest road, in a dusty valley of Balukhali refugee camp, a patchwork of densely packed red tents hides an ocean of grief and pain. Some call it a red camp for its color, others a long camp because of its shape but it's best known for those who found shelter there. "This is a widows camp," its unofficial and energetic leader explained after I introduced myself. In about 50 tents, over 230 women and children live. There are no men. As I was listening the stories of widows and orphans this camp shelters, I realised it's difficult to imagine a place with more sorrow than this. The camp seemed like a place in which the whole Rohingya tragedy is condensed." Show moreShow less
Ethnic Miao women wearing traditional costumes take part in a parade during the traditional Lusheng (reed-pipe wind instrument) festival in Gulong, Guizhou province, China November 15, 2017. REUTERS/StringerShow moreShow less
Women carrying babies queue as they try to buy diapers outside a pharmacy in Caracas, Venezuela March 18, 2017. Show moreShow less
A young girl carries her doll and suitcase as her family, which claimed to be from Turkey, are met by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers after they crossed the U.S.-Canada border illegally leading into Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada March 20, 2017. Show moreShow less
A demonstrator shouts slogans in front of police officers during a women's march to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela May 6, 2017. The women's marches, which took place in most major cities around the country, were the latest in weeks of sustained protests against Maduro. In Caracas, marchers sang the national anthem and shouted 'We want elections!'. They were halted at various points by lines of policewomen and National Guard troops with armored cars. Carlos Garcia Rawlins: "Unlike most of the previous protests, after many hours the protesters decided to leave and there were no violent clashes."Show moreShow less
A woman demonstrates against Brazil's congressional move to criminalize all cases of abortion, including cases of rape and where the mother's life is in danger, with a face painting representing a woman dead after an illegal abortion, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November 13, 2017. The letters painted on her mouth read "Abortion". Show moreShow less
A child dressed as a suffragette demonstrates during the March4Women event in central London, Britain, March 4, 2018.Show moreShow less
Light illuminates a woman as she hangs the election symbol of Nepal Workers Peasants Party along the streets to prepare for the victory rally after their candidate won in a Constituency from Bhaktapur, Nepal December 12, 2017.Show moreShow less
Bouncer Mehrunnisha Shokat Ali offers her evening prayer during the holy month of Ramadan at her house in New Delhi, India, May 31, 2017. Mehrunnisha has been a female bouncer for nearly a decade, and is expert in breaking up bar fights, frisking female customers, and uncovering illegal drugs. Reuters/Adnan AbidiShow moreShow less
Amina Usman (L), a 15-year-old student, who was among the pupils who escaped from an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on a school, stands with her sisters in Dapchi, the northeastern state of Yobe, Nigeria, February 23, 2018. Show moreShow less
Women of the world
A look at women and girls around the world on International Women's Day.