In Pictures: Climate change protests around the world

The climate change protests, which started on Monday (Oct 7), are expected to last two weeks.

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Oct 08, 2019, 04:12 PM

Activists from environmental movement Extinction Rebellion, dressed in red, take part in a protest held to draw attention to climate change. PHOTO: DPA

A protestor looks on next to a sign reading "A law against ecocide" during a demonstration called by climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion, on the Pont au Change bridge in Paris, on Oct 8, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Activists from environmental movement Extinction Rebellion dressed in bee-themed costumes stage a die-in during a protest held to draw attention to climate change. PHOTO: DPA

Policemen arrest an activist during a protest held by activists of environmental movement Extinction Rebellion held to draw attention to climate change. PHOTO: DPA

Police apprehend protesters during a protest organised by environmental movement Extinction Rebellion to draw attention to climate change. PHOTO: DPA

Activists from environmental movement Extinction Rebellion hold placards and shout slogans in during a protest held to draw attention to climate change. PHOTO: DPA

People take part in a protest organised by the environmental movement Extinction Rebellion to draw attention to climate change. PHOTO: DPA

An activist from Extinction Rebellion with his arm in a barrel of cement participating in a protest on George Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on Oct 8, 2019. PHOTO: DPA

Demonstrators from Extinction Rebellion block a street during the launch of a new wave of "civil disobedience" at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany, on Oct 8, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Demonstrators lay motionless, to represent deaths from climate-related disease and disaster, near the Charging Bull statue in New York, on Oct 7, 2019. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Protesters take part in a demonstration called by climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion, in front of the lobby of the building where the Bayer-Monsanto office is located in Buenos Aires, on Oct 7, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Demonstrator wears an outfit made of rubbish sits outside the Houses of Parliament during the Extinction Rebellion protest in London, Britain, on Oct 7, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Protester lays beneath a vehicle which blocks Victoria Street during an Extinction Rebellion protest, outside the government Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. PHOTO: DPA

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