Thousands march in Madrid on International Women's day

Meanwhile, thousands of women across Spain turned out to march against gender inequality and celebrate International Women's Day on Sunday, despite concerns the gatherings could help the spread of coronavirus.

Bearing purple balloons and banners denouncing gender violence, a dense crowd paraded down one of Madrid's main avenues towards the city centre, chanting over the beat of tribal drums. Spain's women's rights movement has become a powerful political force since the landmark "Wolf Pack" trial in 2016, when a group of five men were jailed for sexual abuse after gang-raping a young woman at the Pamplona bull-running festival.