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People buy flowers and attend a musical performance in North Korea's Pyongyang, to celebrate International Women's Day. IMAGES
Sanaa (Yemen), September 9 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Yahya Arhab) The International Day to Protect Education from Attacks is celebrated annually on September 9 to raise awareness about the importance of safeguarding schools as places of protection and safety for students and educators and the need to keep education at the top of the public agenda.FOOTAGE OF THE SCHOOL DESTROYED BY AN ATTACK AND OF STUDENTS WHO WERE DISPLACED TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.SOUNDBITES BY MOHAMMAD SALEH, PRINCIPAL OF THE SANÁ AL-HUSSEIN SCHOOL.TRANSLATION1- "Going to schools and education is a violation of the rights of the child. A child's right to education has expired. These rights are guaranteed by law and the constitution. They must be protected from multiple forms of exploitation. Boys become child laborers and girls are forced into early marriage. This deprives them of education and everything. It is a conspiracy to make children illiterate and keep them away from education. Instead of supporting them, their school it is being beaten. It is a disaster. For a student, when his school is affected, his future is destroyed. Where are the rights of the child? Where is his right to learn. "
Activists of Manif Pour Tous (Protest For All), a French group opposing LGBTQ rights and promoting family values, gather outside the National Assembly in Paris on International Women's Day to protest a bill that would allow lesbian couples and single women to have children via medically assisted means. The bill passed in the Senate and is now set to return to the National Assembly for a second reading. IMAGES
Thousands of Colombians march through the capital city of Bogota to mark International Workers' Day. IMAGES
Thousands of workers' union members hold placards as they march in Buenos Aires to mark International Workers' Day. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34QL6EW_EN