Female students have marked International Women's Day in Serbia by leading protests against corruption and sending a message decrying widespread violence against women in the country.

Female students Saturday marked International Women's Day in Serbia by leading the daily street protests against corruption and sending a message decrying widespread violence against women in the Balkan country.

Massive marches have been part of a nationwide anti-graft movement that started after a concrete canopy crashed in November at a railway station in Novi Sad. The near-daily protests regularly draw tens of thousands of people and have rattled President Aleksandar Vučić’s grip on power — including control of the state RTS television as well as numerous pro-government outlets.

This happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies recorded overnight from Friday to Saturday. Tens of thousands of people responded to the students' call for a general strike and protest marches organised on Friday in several Serbian cities.