Mexico City
March against murder: Thousands of women demonstrated against femicide in cities across Mexico this week following the murder of a 19-year-old university student. The body of Mara Fernanda Castilla was discovered in a ditch some 50 miles outside of Mexico City; police believe she was sexually assaulted and strangled by a driver from the taxi app Cabify. She had used the service in the early hours of Sept. 8, but never reached her destination. The driver has been arrested. Chanting “Machismo must die,” the protesters demanded a stronger government response to an epidemic of violence against women. The government estimates that seven women are murdered every day; few of those murders result in a conviction.