In pics | World marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 

Feminist organisations in Mexico City marched along Reforma Avenue, one of the city's main thoroughfares while being surrounded by hundreds of police riot shields and protective vets and yelling while using speakers and smoke flares. 

As per a recent study released on Tuesday, 80 women were slain in Mexico in October as a result of their gender, marking the fourth consecutive month of growth. 

In the picture above, during a march in Mexico City honouring the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, people dance around a fire in the Zocalo area. 

Women in Panama City participate in a rally to seek justice for the victims of femicide on Nov 25. 

A woman places a lit candle during a demonstration to demand justice for the victims of femicide during the march.

Women and members of feminist organisations participate in a protest in Bogota to mark the day. 

Members of a feminist group perfom during a demonstration to commemorate the day.

Women in Bolivia march in observance of the day. A woman holds a poster listing the number of femicides that have occurred in the country so far this year.

In 2018, Paraguay joined other Latin American countries in the list of countries that criminalised femicide. 

In the picture above, demonstrators are preparing for the march.

Women dance carrying their toddlers during a march to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Santiago, AFP reports. 

Demonstrators in Marseille, southeast France, carry pictures of women who have been the victims of violence as they protest against sexism and violence against women. 

Women perform in central Athens on November 25, 2022, during a rally to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. "Alarming high' worldwide date on femicide reveals that more than half of victims were killed by a partner or other relative, AFP reports.