Three Russian rockets launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region are seen at dawn in Kharkiv, Ukraine, late Thursday, March 9, 2023. (Photo by Vadim Belikov/AP Photo)





People sing the Ukrainian national anthem during a ceremony for slain Ukrainian volunteers Yuriy Horovets, Maksym Mykhaylov, Taras Karpyuk, and Bohdan Lyagov in the Independence Square in Kyiv on March 7, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Hundreds of mourners packed a Kyiv church on March 7, for the funeral of volunteers killed on a sabotage mission in Russia, following a spate of attacks along Moscow's frontier. Mourners, many in camouflage and covering their faces, attended a service in a central church for four men – one still a teenager – killed in December during an incursion into Russia's southern Bryansk region. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)





Volunteer soldiers fire towards Russian positions close to Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A mud-stained gun is seen in front of Ukrainian servicemen which just come back from tranches of Bakhmut in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian tank towards fires towards Russian positions at the frontline near Bakhmut, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Civilians take shelter at a metro station during a missile attack in Kyiv on March 9, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)





Georgian riot police spray tear gas towards a protester as they form a cordon during clashes with protesters near the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi on March 7, 2023. Georgian police used tear gas and water cannon against protesters Tuesday as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in the capital Tbilisi to oppose a controversial “foreign agents” bill. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A protester holds a Georgian national flag standing in front of a police line outside the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (Phoot by AP Photo/Stringer)





An overturned car is seen in front of a police line that blocked a street to stop protesters outside the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, early Thursday, March 9, 2023. Police in Georgia's capital have fired water cannons and tear-gas to disperse demonstrators around the parliament building protesting a draft law aimed at curbing the influence of “foreign agents”, among fears it could be used to silence opposition. (Photo by Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP Photo)





Protesters participate in a demonstration in Lyon, central eastern France on March 7, 2023, on the sixth day of nationwide rallies organized since the start of the year against French President's pension reform and its postponement of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. Massive strikes are expected from March 7, 2023, with unions promising to bring the country “to a standstill” and strikes set to hit many sectors such as transport, energy and oil refining. (Photo by Jeff Pachoud/AFP Phoot)





This photograph taken on March 8, 2023 shows a truck driving towards a fire during a blockade as part of the movement against the government's proposed pensions reform on the Radicatel Terminal of the harbour in Port Jerome sur Seine, near Rouen. Fuel deliveries and public transport were severely disrupted in France on March 7 as unions kicked off a fresh day of protest against a pensions reform that would push back the retirement age for millions. Unions have vowed to bring the country to a standstill with strikes over the proposed changes, which include raising the minimum retirement age to 64 from 62 and increasing the number of years people have to make contributions for a full pension. (Photo by Lou Benoist/AFP Photo)





A protestor holds a flare during a demonstration outside the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace, following the fatal collision of two trains, near the city of Larissa, in Thessaloniki, Greece on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters)





A van burns in the centre of Athens during a nationwide day of mass strikes and protests over the country's worst rail tragedy that killed 57 people last week, in Athens on March 8, 2023. Around 23.000 demonstrators gathered in the Greek capital police said on March 8, 2023, as railways remain paralysed for the eighth straight day, as train workers extend strike action they launched in the aftermath of the accident. The demonstrations also came as Greek civil servants staged a 24-hour walkout, with doctors, teachers, and transport workers also going on strike. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP Photo)





This photograph taken on March 9, 2023, shows flowers and crosses set as a memorial on a beach near Cutro, where at least 72 migrants died on February 26, after their boat sank off Italy's southern Calabria region. Italian Prime Minister will hold a cabinet meeting on March 9 near the site of a deadly shipwreck, as the debate rages over whether the right-wing government's migration policies cost lives. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi/AFP Photo)





Women march during the International Women's Day demonstration Wednesday, March 8, 2023 in Bayonne, southwestern France. Feminist activists see the pension reform as unfair to women, especially because they say it would further deepen gender inequalities faced during their career. (Photo by Bob Edme/AP Photo)





Demonstrators hold posters during a solidarity march on International Women's Day in Riga, Latvia, 08 March 2023. Latvia is among the six remaining EU countries that have not ratified the Council of Europe Convention (known as the “Istanbul Convention”) on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. International Women's Day is observed annually worldwide on 08 March to highlight women's rights and bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, abuse and violence against women and girls. (Photo by Toms Kalnins/EPA/EFE)





Protesters scuffle with anti riot policemen at the end of the gathering to mark the International Women's Day in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Women in Turkey and their allies converged on a central Istanbul neighborhood to demonstrate for women's rights and protest the human-made toll of the deadly quake that hit Turkey a month ago. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/AP Photo)





Women demonstrate on International Women's Day as they strike to demand the end to domestic violence and the country's prevailing “macho” culture, in Milan, Italy on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Claudia Greco/Reuters)





Women take part in a march marking International Women's Day, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, March 8, 2022. (Photo by Gustavo Moreno/AP Photo)





Activists hold a rally to support women's rights on International Women's Day in Almaty, Kazakhstan on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters)





Women take part in a rally for gender equality and against violence towards women to mark the International Women's Day in Pristina, on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Armend Nimani/AFP Photo)





A woman holds a coat hanger symbolising unsafe, illegal abortions as she takes part in a rally dubbed “My Uterus is not your profit” to raise awareness on the difficulties of getting an abortion in a state hospital, during International Women's Day outside the government headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)





Demonstrators take part in a rally to mark the International Women's Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Cristina Sille/Reuters)





A demonstrator looks on during a rally to mark the International Women's Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Cristina Sille/Reuters)





A woman of the feminist group called "Nuestros Pilares" performs during a demonstration against gender-based violence on International Women's Day in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Esteban Felix/AP Photo)





Members of several feminist NGO's protest in front of the Romanian government in Bucharest on March 8, 2023, to mark the International Women's Day. A couple of hundreds of women gathered in a protest asking the authorities to respect the right of choice and the right to abortion, as the number of places where this procedure can be done in the state health system is decreasing, mainly due to the refusal of the medical personnel to perform such a procedure beacuse of religious reasons. (Photo by Daniel Mihailescu/AFP Photo)





A woman from Mexico with a message draw in her face about the situation in her home country attends a rally marking International Women's Day 2023 in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Markus Schreiber/AP Photo)





The Princess of Wales, Colonel of the Irish Guards, is shown how to carry out battlefield casualty drills to deliver care to injured soldiers during a casualty simulation exercise, during her first visit to the 1st Battalion Irish Guards since becoming Colonel, at the Salisbury Plain Training Area in Wiltshire on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Steve Reigate/Daily Express/PA Wire Press Association)





Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim in Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel, 08 March 2023. Purim celebrates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Scroll of Esther, and it a holiday of joyous celebrations, wearing costumes and public drinking. (Photo by Abir Sultan/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Carabinieri policewomen, part of the Chigi Palace governmen offices honor guard, wait for the arrival of The Netherland's Premier Mark Rutte meeting Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Women's Day in Rome, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Gregorio Borgia/AP Photo)





A dog wearing a wholly hat arrives in wintry weather for the first day of Crufts 2023 at the NEC Arena on March 9, 2023 in Birmingham, England. Billed as the greatest dog show in the world, the Kennel Club event sees dogs from across the world competing for the coveted Best in Show title. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)





Models parade outfits by Australian labels during the 2023 Melbourne Fashion Festival in Melbourne on March 8, 2023. (Photo by William West/AFP Photo)





Models present creations from the Fall/Winter 2023/24 Womenswear collection by French designer Virginie Viard for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 07 March 2023. The presentation of the Women's collections runs from 27 February to 07 March 2023. (Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA)