An outline of a woman with her name and age was painted on the ground by Spanish students to mark a crime, to bring awareness to International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25. /VCG Photo

To mark the day, the students from the University of Geography and History of Barcelona painted outlines of women with their name and age to remember the women who have lost their lives to gender violence./VCG Photo

The Elimination of Violence against Women Day was issued by the UN General Assembly in 1993. They define violence against women as any act of gender-based violence that will harm women, whether that's physical, sexual or psychological./VCG Photo

“Not until the half of our population represented by women and girls can live free from fear, violence and everyday insecurity, can we truly say we live in a fair and equal world,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. /VCG Photo