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Tuesday, 1 May, 2001, 12:38 GMT 13:38 UK
In Pictures: May Day marches
Images from demonstrations and rallies around the world marking May Day.
![]() In Australia, arrests followed an attempted blockade of Sydney's stock exchange
![]() Police made dozens of arrests as they tried to clear the protestors from the streets
![]() In Germany, riot police clashed with anti-capitalist protesters in east Berlin near the former site of the Berlin Wall
![]() About 100 pro-democracy marchers were arrested attempting to defy a ban on marches in Karachi in Pakistan
![]() Shops and businesses in London are taking no chances after vandalism during last year's demonstration
![]() In India, sex workers marched to protest against what they say is the oppression of women by the Taleban in Afghanistan
![]() In Moscow, several thousand communists staged a May Day rally reminiscent of those held at the height of the Soviet era
![]() Workers in Seoul, South Korea, marched to protest about the government's economic policies
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