Woman carrying a sign that reads 'Increase Wages and Benefits'. People from all over the UK gathered outside the BBC and marched to Parliament Square to ask for better wages to combat the rising cost... © Natasha Quarmby/shotbywomen

Members of The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) carry flags and a banner through the streets. People from all over the UK gathered outside the BBC and marched to Parliamen... © Natasha Quarmby/shotbywomen

On the fifth day of mobilizations for the national strike, thousands of students, teachers, women, medical personnel and ordinary citizens joined the calls of various indigenous sectors throughout the... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Demonstrators arrive at the historic center of the city. On the fifth day of mobilizations for the national strike, thousands of students, teachers, women, medical personnel and ordinary citizens joi... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Policemen try to clear a group of protesters who are peacefully dancing and playing music. On the fifth day of mobilizations for the national strike, thousands of students, teachers, women, medical p... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Members of the police go through the streets clearing protesters. On the fifth day of mobilizations for the national strike, thousands of students, teachers, women, medical personnel and ordinary cit... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Volunteer paramedics carry a woman who suffocated as a result of tear gas bombs thrown by the police. On the fifth day of mobilizations for the national strike, thousands of students, teachers, women... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Policemen try to clear a group of protesters who are peacefully dancing and playing music. On the fifth day of mobilizations for the national strike, thousands of students, teachers, women, medical p... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Anti-extractive policies graffiti says: No more mining. On the fifth day of mobilizations for the national strike, thousands of students, teachers, women, medical personnel and ordinary citizens join... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

On the fifth day of mobilizations for the national strike, thousands of students, teachers, women, medical personnel and ordinary citizens joined the calls of various indigenous sectors throughout the... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

On the fifth day of mobilizations for the national strike, thousands of students, teachers, women, medical personnel and ordinary citizens joined the calls of various indigenous sectors throughout the... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

On the fifth day of mobilizations for the national strike, thousands of students, teachers, women, medical personnel and ordinary citizens joined the calls of various indigenous sectors throughout the... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

On the fifth day of mobilizations for the national strike, thousands of students, teachers, women, medical personnel and ordinary citizens joined the calls of various indigenous sectors throughout the... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

A man raises a red flag in the historic city center. On the fifth day of mobilizations for the national strike, thousands of students, teachers, women, medical personnel and ordinary citizens joined... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Thousands of people from different indigenous communities are concentrated in the south of Quito getting ready for a large mobilization in the coming days. Parish of Cutuglagua in the south of the cap... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

People ride in the back of a pick-up tuck with an Ecuadorian flag as thousands of people are protesting for the third consecutive day in the streets of the country, the lack of employment, the high co... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Thousands of people are protesting for the third consecutive day in the streets of the country, the lack of employment, the high cost of gasoline and oil, insecurity are some of the demands of the dem... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Man wearing a face mask waves an Ecuadorian flag as thousands of people are protesting for the third consecutive day in the streets of the country, the lack of employment, the high cost of gasoline an... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Police impede the passage of traffic in downtown streets as thousands of people are protesting for the third consecutive day in the streets of the country, the lack of employment, the high cost of gas... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Thousands of people are protesting for the third consecutive day in the streets of the country, the lack of employment, the high cost of gasoline and oil, insecurity are some of the demands of the dem... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Thousands of people from different indigenous communities are concentrated in the south of Quito getting ready for a large mobilization in the coming days. Parish of Cutuglagua in the south of the cap... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

People ride in and on a lorry as thousands of people are protesting for the third consecutive day in the streets of the country, the lack of employment, the high cost of gasoline and oil, insecurity a... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

People with banners and an LGBTQ flag, as thousands of people are protesting for the third consecutive day in the streets of the country, the lack of employment, the high cost of gasoline and oil, ins... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

People ride in the back of a pick-up tuck with an Ecuadorian flag as thousands of people are protesting for the third consecutive day in the streets of the country, the lack of employment, the high co... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Students shout slogans against the government. Since this Monday, June 13, different social sectors, indigenous movement, peasants, land defenders, women, students and workers across the country have... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Students shout slogans against the government. Since this Monday, June 13, different social sectors, indigenous movement, peasants, land defenders, women, students and workers across the country have... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Student holds a sign that reads: Inequality is more violent than any protest. Since this Monday, June 13, different social sectors, indigenous movement, peasants, land defenders, women, students and... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Students shout slogans against the government. Since this Monday, June 13, different social sectors, indigenous movement, peasants, land defenders, women, students and workers across the country have... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Students shout slogans against the government. Since this Monday, June 13, different social sectors, indigenous movement, peasants, land defenders, women, students and workers across the country have... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Students shout slogans against the government. Since this Monday, June 13, different social sectors, indigenous movement, peasants, land defenders, women, students and workers across the country have... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

A line of police officers block protesters from advancing into the historic center of the capital. Since this Monday, June 13, different social sectors, indigenous movement, peasants, land defenders,... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

A student raises a flag in front of a line of police officers a few minutes after a heavy crackdown dispersed protesters who arrived in the capital's downtown. Since this Monday, June 13, different s... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

A student raises a flag in front of a line of police officers a few minutes after a heavy crackdown dispersed protesters who arrived in the capital's downtown. Since this Monday, June 13, different s... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Peasants outside Cotopaxi National Park have been blocking the Panamericana Sur highway for almost 20 hours. Since this Monday, June 13, different social sectors, indigenous movement, peasants, land... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

Peasants outside Cotopaxi National Park have been blocking the Panamericana Sur highway for almost 20 hours. Since this Monday, June 13, different social sectors, indigenous movement, peasants, land... © Karen Toro/shotbywomen

A person is holding a red smoke bomb, during the Global Climate Strike held in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years after the first global school strik... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

A woman is holding a placard against climate change, during the Global Climate Strike held in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years after the first glob... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

A man is shouting slogans against climate change, during the Global Climate Strike held in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years after the first global... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

A man is spreading red smoke, during the Global Climate Strike held in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years after the first global school strike, signs... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

People are shouting slogans against climate change, during the Global Climate Strike held in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years after the first globa... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

A group of women are talking while holding placards for a better future, during the Global Climate Strike held in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

A woman is giving a speech against climate change, during the Global Climate Strike held in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years after the first global... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

People are holding palcards against climate change and capitalism, during the Global Climate Strike held in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years after... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

A group of young people is chatting, before the Global Climate Strike started in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years after the first global school str... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

Young people are sitting with their climate placards before the Global Climate Strike started in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years after the first g... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

A female student is golding a placard against climate change, during the Global Climate Strike held in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years after the f... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

A man and a woman are screaming against climate change, during the Global Climate Strike held in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years after the first g... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

A man is holding a placard that says Our house is on fire, during the Global Climate Strike held in Amsterdam, on March 25th, 2022. credit: Romy Fernandez / shotbywomen Three years after the firs... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

National Education Union Girls Day School Trust members picket outside Howell's School, Cardiff in protest against plans to remove the Teachers' Pension Scheme. © Natasha Hirst/shotbywomen

National Education Union Girls Day School Trust members picket outside Howell's School, Cardiff in protest against plans to remove the Teachers' Pension Scheme. © Natasha Hirst/shotbywomen

National Education Union Girls Day School Trust members picket outside Howell's School, Cardiff in protest against plans to remove the Teachers' Pension Scheme. © Natasha Hirst/shotbywomen

National Education Union Girls Day School Trust members picket outside Howell's School, Cardiff in protest against plans to remove the Teachers' Pension Scheme. © Natasha Hirst/shotbywomen

National Education Union Girls Day School Trust members picket outside Howell's School, Cardiff in protest against plans to remove the Teachers' Pension Scheme. © Natasha Hirst/shotbywomen

National Education Union Girls Day School Trust members picket outside Howell's School, Cardiff in protest against plans to remove the Teachers' Pension Scheme. © Natasha Hirst/shotbywomen

National Education Union Girls Day School Trust members picket outside Howell's School, Cardiff in protest against plans to remove the Teachers' Pension Scheme. © Natasha Hirst/shotbywomen

National Education Union Girls Day School Trust members picket outside Howell's School, Cardiff in protest against plans to remove the Teachers' Pension Scheme. © Natasha Hirst/shotbywomen

National Education Union Girls Day School Trust members picket outside Howell's School, Cardiff in protest against plans to remove the Teachers' Pension Scheme. © Natasha Hirst/shotbywomen