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Climate activists in London tape themselves together and play music as global Extinction Rebellion protests kick off around the world. IMAGES
Climate change activists with the Extinction Rebellion group protest outside the Brazilian embassy in London to denounce the inaction of Jair Bolsonaro's government on Amazon deforestation and on fighting the fires ravaging the rainforest for weeks. Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year -- the highest number for any year since 2013. Most were in the Amazon. IMAGES
Police officers arrest environmental activists from the Extinction Rebellion (XR) collective outside Amundi's headquarters in the 15th arrondissement of Paris as Europe's leading asset manager holds its annual general meeting. (COMPLETES VIDI34TRHN_EN) IMAGES
A group of Extinction Rebellion activists climb on top of the roof of the Faculty of Biology in Turin, Italy, overlooking Piazza Carlina, violating the red zone where the hotel hosting some of the G7 energy ministers is located. The Group of Seven meeting is the first big political session since the world pledged at the UN's COP28 climate summit in December to transition away from coal, oil and gas. IMAGES
The group of environmental activists Extinction Rebellion ('XR') begins ‘weekend of resistance’ with march from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street in London, to denounce the use of fossil fuels and inaction on climate change, while the country is going through a political and economic crisis linked to the rise in energy prices that just led Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her Finance minister. IMAGES
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