To mark InternationalWomensDay, photographers around the world captured women breaking down barriers of gender bias.
Maria Jose Martienz Ortiz, 43, poses in a fire station facilities in Valencia, Spain, on Feb. 28.
In the ring, battling flames or soaring high above the earth, women have redefined"women's work." AFP photographers honored this progress onJose Jordan / AFP - Getty ImagesNicol Gomez, 37, stands in front of prisoners practicing yoga in San Salvador, El Salvador, on March 4.Samra Akram Zia sits on her motorcycle ambulance in Lahore, Pakistan, on Feb. 24.
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