ESL3 students describe the women shown in the photos and explain how each is remarkable.

1. A Woman’s World Photos from a Slide show by Reuters to celebrate International Women’s Day

5. Jordanian women from the civil defence department provide first aid to citizens in Zarqa city, 25 km (16 miles) east of Amman. Since 2007, the Jordanian civil defence started working to integrate women within the official crew. So far, 81 women have graduated in first aid from the Faculty of Civil Defence.

7. Members of Brazil's Kaiapo nation compete in a tug of war during the Indigenous Nations' Games in Pagagominas, north Brazil November 3, 2009. Some 600 Brazilian Indians from 29 ethnic groups will compete in sporting events for the tenth edition of the games.

9. Carin Froehlich has help from her granddaughter Ava as they hang some laundry in the front yard of her residence in Perkasie, Pennsylvania. Carin is among the growing number of people across America fighting for the right to dry their laundry outside against a rising tide of housing associations who oppose the practice despite its energy-saving green appeal.