Commemorating International Women's Day (40 images)

A women walks past burning tires and a picture of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as protesters, allied to Lebanon’s Hezbollah-led political opposition, burn tires, old cars and block streets in the capital Beirut on May 7, 2008. A general labor strike was called for by labor unions demanding pay increases. Sporadic gun-fire was heard throughout the capital as well as clashes between rival political groups. The airport was also closed. (UPI Photo)

National Organization for Women (NOW) President Terry O'Neill arrives with some of 1,500 baby bottle nipples she gave to National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Co-Chair former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-WY, on Capitol Hill in Washington on September 29, 2010. NOW is calling for his ouster in their "Tits for an Ass campaign" after he likened social security to a "milk cow with 310 million tits." UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

Iranian women look at an album of wedding dresses in a shop in downtown Tehran, Iran on July 28, 2010. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian

A women cares for a child at an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 26, 2010. Haiti continues to suffer after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the country on January 12. UPI/Kevin Dietsch