MOSCOW (AP) — Workers and activists marked May Day on Tuesday with rallies to demand their government address labor issues.International Workers’ Day is a public holiday in many countries, though activities are restricted in some places, sometimes leading to confrontations.A look at some of the events around the world:RUSSIAMore than 100,000 people came out on the streets on Moscow to march in the traditional May Day parade.Moscow’s Federation of Trade Unions said about 120,000 people marched from the Red Square on the main streets of the Russian capital to mark May Day.Over recent years, the parade became a highly orchestrated show of power by Russian authorities and the ruling United Russia party, with the demonstrators refraining from criticizing the government.In St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, however, Russians unhappy with the Kremlin’s attempts to curtail internet freedom joined the official May Day demonstration.Several hundred people braved the rainy weather and joined the column marching across St. Petersburg to protest the government’s ban of popular messaging app Telegram.About 10,000 people rallied in Moscow on Monday to protest the blocking of Telegram.TURKEYPolice in Istanbul detained more than a dozen demonstrators who tried to march toward Istanbul’s symbolic main square in defiance of a ban.Turkey declared Taksim Square off-limits to May Day celebrations citing security concerns. Roads leading to the square were blocked and police allowed only small groups of labor union representatives to lay wreaths at a monument there.Still, a group of some 25 people, chanting “Taksim cannot be off limits on May 1” tried to push their way into the square but were rounded up by riot police.Major trade unions were scheduled to mark the day with rallies at government-designated areas in Istanbul and AnkaraTaksim holds a symbolic value for Turkey’s labor movement. In 1977, 34 people were killed there during a May Day event when shots were fired into the crowd from a nearby building.SRI LANKASri Lanka’s government has postponed the rallies and processions that mark May Day because the weeklong celebrations of the national festival of Vesak carry on until May 2 this year.The government said in a statement that the decision was taken following requests by leading Buddhist monks, who are very influential in this majority Buddhist country. Vesak is also known as Buddha Purnima and marks the enlightenment of Lord Buddha.The government has asked political parties and trade unions not to hold rallies on May 1. Some have said they will ignore the government directive and mark the day.Usually, Sri Lankan political parties and trade unions celebrate the International Workers’ Day with colorful parades and giant rallies to showcase their political and organizational strength.The government said it will mark International Workers’ Day on May 7.PHILIPPINESAbout 5,000 people from various groups rallied near the presidential palace in Manila to protest the failure of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to fulfill a major campaign promise to end contractualization, the widespread practice of short-term employment.The protesters also demanded that the government address issues including low wages, unemployment and trade union repression.SOUTH KOREAThousands of…