The best climate strike signs from around the globe – in pictures

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Millions of people across the globe took part in protests on Friday demanding urgent action on the climate crisis. The strike kicks off a week of environmental activism before the UN climate action summit

Main image: A protester attends a demonstration Friday in Washington DC. Photograph: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Sat 21 Sep 2019 02.10 BST Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 14.49 BST

• A sign held by a protester in London depicts global heating.

  Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

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• Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro is depicted as a demon at a protest in downtown Rio de Janeiro.

  Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

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• A student joins the protest in Krakow, Poland.

  Photograph: Omar Marques/LightRocket via Getty Images

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• Environmental advocates take part in the strike in the Philippines.

  Photograph: Rolex dela Peña/EPA

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• In Berlin, a sign mocks German chancellor Angela Merkel’s signature gesture.

  Photograph: Axel Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

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• A protester in Brussels shows their concern for the bees.

  Photograph: Stéphanie Lecocq/EPA

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• Greta Thunberg has become a poster child for the climate crisis at a strike in London.

  Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

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• A protester in London shows her solution to the climate emergency.

  Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

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• Even the littlest of demonstrators understand what’s at stake with global heating.

  Photograph: Christian Charisius/dpa

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• Striking youth braved the monsoon rains in Hyderabad, India, to make their message heard.

  Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images

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• David Attenborough, a vocal proponent of the science behind the climate crisis, is evoked in this sign in London.

  Photograph: NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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• At a protest in San Francisco, young demonstrators give their take on the climate crisis.

  Photograph: Kate Munsch/Reuters

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• Activists marched in more than 400 cities across Germany.

  Photograph: Armando Babani/EPA

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• Many students in London walked out of lessons to participate in the largest climate protest in history.

  Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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• Students in Mumbai, India, gather for a protest against the climate crisis.

  Photograph: Himanshu Bhatt/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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• Activists in Berlin are demanding the German government and corporations take action against global heating.

  Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty Images

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• Climate crisis
• Climate science
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