Photos: International Day of the Gypsy on April 8, 2013
April 8, 2013
Roma woman Magdalena and her husband Trean pose for a portrait outside their shelter in an illegal camp in Lille, northern France on International Roma Day on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol ( FRANCE/ )
A Roma couple walks past a razor barbed wire fence as they return to their illegal camp in Lille during International Roma Day on April 8, 2013. French authorities built this fence last week to prevent that the Roma from crossing the railway tracks to join another camp. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol ( FRANCE/ )
A Roma boy plays with a bicycle wheel during International Roma Day in an illegal camp in Lille, northern France on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol ( FRANCE/ )
Roma woman Maria holds her daughter as they pose during International Roma Day in an illegal camp in Lille, northern France April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol ( FRANCE/ )
A Roma woman and her baby, referred to as "gens du voyage" are seen though the window of their caravan at a camp in Strasbourg, April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler ( FRANCE/ )
A Roma boy plays front of shelters in an illegal camp in Lille, northern France on International Roma Day on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol ( FRANCE/ )
A woman holds a sign during a protest against Romani evictions in front of the European Union Parliament to mark International Roma Day in Brussels on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir ( BELGIUM/ )
A man holding a peace flag walks past a mock makeshift house during a protest against Romani evictions in front of the European Union Parliament to mark the International Roma Day in Brussels on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir ( BELGIUM/ )
A woman sits outside a mock makeshift house during a protest against Romani evictions in front of the European Union Parliament to mark the International Roma Day in Brussels on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir ( BELGIUM/ )
French actress Fanny Ardant speaks on April 6, 2013 in Paris, during an operation organized by Amnesty international to protest against Roma expulsions from France. JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images ( 518685381 )
People dance during an operation organized by Amnesty International to denounce Roma expulsions from France on April 6, 2013 in Paris. JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images ( 518685971 )
People listen to a speech during an operation organized by Amnesty International to denounce Roma expulsions from France on April 6, 2013 in Paris. JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images ( 518685978 )
Women of the Roma community chat together in a camp on April 8, 2013 in Strasbourg, eastern France, on International Roma Day. FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518729097 )
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjoern Jagland (R) speaks with a woman of the Roma community holding her child as he visits a camp as part of the International Roma Day on April 8, 2013 in Strasbourg, eastern France. FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518729008 )
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjoern Jagland (2ndL) speaks with people of the Roma community as he visits a camp as part of the International Roma Day on April 8, 2013 in Strasbourg, eastern France. FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518729123 )
A gypsy woman dances with her flowers during a ceremony beside the Arga River in honor of their ancestors on the Day of the Gypsy, in Pamplona northern Spain on Monday, April 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain Daily Life )
Roma women Carmen (L), 60, and her daughter Lourdes, 30, pose for a portrait during International Roma Day in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo ( SPAIN/ )
Manuel, 40, a Roma man, poses for a portrait as he sits at an entrance of the Seville Cathedral during International Roma Day in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo ( SPAIN/ )
A Roma woman hangs her laundry outside their shelter in an illegal camp in Lille, northern France, during International Roma Day on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol ( FRANCE/ )
A Roma woman uses a broom to sweep up outside their shelter in an illegal camp in Lille, northern France, on International Roma Day on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol ( FRANCE/ )
A young Roma child stands in the doorway of a shelter in an illegal camp in Lille, northern France during International Roma Day on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol ( FRANCE/ )
Roma woman Maria and her husband Virgil pose for a portrait inside their shelter in an illegal camp in Lille, northern France, on International Roma Day on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol ( FRANCE/ )
A Roma child loads recycled items on his bicycle during the International Roma Day in Pristina on April 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO / ARMEND NIMANI ( 518736514 )
Roma children wear masks during activities marking the International Roma Day in Pristina on April 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO / ARMEND NIMANI ( 518736523 )
Female gypsy people throw flower petals into the Arga River in honor of their ancestors on the Day of the Gypsy, in Pamplona northern Spain, on Monday, April 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( APTOPIX Spain Daily Life )
Sefora Vargas, 33, a Roma woman who is president of Aproideg (Association for the Progress and Development of Roma), poses for a portrait during International Roma Day in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain on April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo ( SPAIN/ )