Workers observe May Day with marches and demos across the world | Photos
International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day in many countries and known as May Day, is a yearly event
International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day in many countries and known as May Day, is a yearly event that celebrates workers and the working class.
Backed by the worldwide labour movement, Labour Day is marked every year on May 1 or, in some places, on the first Monday of May.(AP)
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The day stands for the workers, as a gratitude for their work and as a reminder for a fight for fair pay and good working conditions that is still going on around the world.(AP)
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On this day in 1889, a group of socialist groups and trade unions picked 1 May to show support for workers. They chose this date to remember the Haymarket Riot in Chicago (1886), where a bomb killed seven police officers and at least four other people.(AP)
Five years later, US President Grover Cleveland, worried about the connection between Workers’ Day and socialism, made Labour Day an official holiday in the United States.(AP)
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Since then, Labour Day has grown into a global event. Millions of people take part in marches, rallies, and other events to honour workers and ask for their rights.(AP)
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US First Lady Melania Trump (R) and Second Lady Usha Vance write notes to place into a care package for deployed members of the US military during an American Red Cross holiday event with military families at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, December 1, 2025.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by Nitish Kumar after taking oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar during the swearing-in ceremony, at Gandhi Maidan in Patna
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U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand ahead of a dinner hosted by Trump for Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman laugh during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 18, 2025.
