New electric cars for sale are seen parked at a distribution center of the Changan automobile company in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality on March 24, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, February 3, 2024, a Mi-28N “Night Hunter” helicopter gunship of the Russian air force fires rockets at a target at an unknown location in Ukraine. (Photo by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP Photo)

Dharma the Sumatran tiger yawns as members of the public return to Edinburgh Zoo as it opens for the first time following the easing of Scottish Governments lockdown restrictions on June 29, 2020 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Outdoor visitor attractions in Scotland have reopened along with many non-essential retailers after more than three months in lockdown, as Scotland moves into phase 2 of its “route map” for easing coronavirus restrictions. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)

Hikaru Cho believes that we should challenge our imaginations to create new work using traditional tools, not fancy computers and software. (Photo by Jim Marks/PA Wire)

Liu Xu presents a creation from The Blonds Fall 2018 collection during New York Fashion Week in New York, USA, on February 14, 2018. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)

Wednesday March 8 marks International Women's Day, with festivals, concerts and exhibitions among the numerous events planned around the world to celebrate the achievements of women in society. The annual event has been held since the early 1900s and traditionally promotes a different theme each year, with this year's edition calling on people to #BeBoldForChange and push for a more gender-inclusive working world. Reuters photographers have been speaking with women in a range of professions around the world about their experiences of gender inequality. Here: Yolaina Chavez Talavera, 31, a firefighter, poses for a photograph in front of a truck at a fire station in Managua, Nicaragua, February 22, 2017. (Photo by Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

Alan Cumming and Uma Thurman attend the Versace for H&M Fashion event at the H&M on the Hudson on November 8, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Rabbani and Solimene Photography/Getty Images for Versace for H&M)

Director George Clooney reacts as he and his wife lawyer Amal Clooney arrive for a screening of the film “The Tender Bar” as part of the BFI London Film Festival, in London, Britain, October 10, 2021. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)