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Images show Berlin's Brandenburg Gate splattered with orange paint after activists from the "Last Generation" ("Letzte Generation") environmental collective spray-painted the six pillars of the emblematic monument to warn of the urgency of global warming and demand a change in the German government's policy. The movement is calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest. Police arrested around ten activists near the gate, some of whom were still sitting on the ground, handcuffed. IMAGES
On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, climate activists from the collective 'Last Generation' scale the Brandenburg Gate and display a banner calling for 'survival for all'. It is the latest in a series of civil disobedience actions from the environmental protest group -- including targeting paintings in museums -- to draw attention to the fight against global warming. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES
Dozens of Australian students protest in Sydney as part of the global "Youth for Climate" movement. IMAGES
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addresses the crowd in Berlin at the Fridays for Future protest. Tens of thousands of climate activists including Greta Thunberg have begun descending on German cities to crank up the pressure on candidates competing to succeed Angela Merkel at this weekend's general election. SOUNDBITE
Climate activists gather in Munich for a Fridays for Future protest as tens of thousands of climate activists including Greta Thunberg have begun descending on German cities to crank up the pressure on candidates competing to succeed Angela Merkel at this weekend's general election. As Germany's top parties hold final rallies ahead of Sunday's vote, the Fridays for Future youth marches will make the case that the political class has let down the younger generation. IMAGES
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