May Day: Workers protest around the world
Workers paint a mural of Philippine president Benigno Aquino dressed as a clown while hounded by workers and peasants in preparation for labor day protest rallies on April 29, 2013 in Quezon City, Philippines.
In France, Greece, Moscow, Cambodia and other countries around the world, workers took to the streets on May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, a pro-labor holiday used to demand workers' rights.
About 3,000 people gathered in Singapore to urge the government to curb immigration, and over 20,000 workers protested in Taipei against President Ma Ying-jeou's pension reforms.
According to police about 55,000 Indonesians rallied outside the presidential palace in Jakarta to protest labor outsourcing policy and low pay.
And in austerity racked Greece, communist-affiliated protesters and foreign workers gathered in central Athens Square to strike against austerity measures.
It's May Day around the world.
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