Greek riot police pass by a Greek state television van set on fire by protesters in Athens on Saturday May 1, 2010.
AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis
Greek riot policeman try to extinguish flames on a colleague after he was set alight by a petrol bomb thrown by protesters. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in central Athens and other Greek cities Saturday for May Day rallies.
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Riot policemen pass garbage bags set on fire by protesters in Athens. The rallies were fueled by anger at expected harsh austerity measures needed to secure rescue loans for near-bankrupt Greece.
AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis
Indonesian laborers raise their fists as they burn an effigy of a rat symbolizing corruption during a May Day rally outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia
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An Indonesian protester wearing a mask of Vice President Budiono who is accused by protesters to be involved in a $715 million government bank bailout scandal, smokes a cigarette during a May Day rally in Jakarta.
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A protester braves a pepper spray during a May Day rally in Macau against illegal labor Saturday May 1, 2010.
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Most demonstrations marking international workers' day were peaceful, but in the Chinese territory of Macau police used water cannons and pepper spray against rowdy protesters.
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Members of an antifascist movement, known as "Antifa," carry their flags during a rally marking the May Day in Moscow, Russia.
AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev
Palestinians take part in a rally to mark May Day in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez border crossing in northern Gaza Strip.
AP Photo/Hatem Moussa
Supporters of the Bulgarian socialist party shout anti government slogans and wave red flags during a protest marking May Day, in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
AP Photo/Valentina Petrova
Bangladeshi garment workers wave red flag as they march during a May Day rally in Dhaka. The textile industry in Bangladesh accounts for almost 75 percent of the impoverished nation's yearly export earnings. Nearly 4,000 garment factories across the country employ more than 2.4 million people, mostly women.
AP Photo/Pavel Rahman
Taiwanese laborers painted in red shout slogans for their labor rights during a rally to mark May Day in Taipei.
AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying
Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions stage a May Day rally in Seoul, South Korea. About 20,000 workers demanded better working conditions for laborers, farmers and ordinary citizens.
AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
A South Korean worker, his face painted, attends a May Day rally in Seoul. The headband reads, "Abolish dispatch law."
AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
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