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Photo gallery: Student climate strike in Victoria and around the world
Students around the world took part in climate change protests on Friday, March 15, 2019.
The protesters are demanding stronger government action on climate change, including a law to limit global warming to 1.5 C. Organizers said that under current commitments, the temperature could rise twice that much by 2020.
The protesters are demanding stronger government action on climate change, including a law to limit global warming to 1.5 C. Organizers said that under current commitments, the temperature could rise twice that much by 2020.
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Students and supporters gather as part of a climate change protest at the legislature on Friday, March 15, 2019.
Photograph By
DARREN STONE, Times Colonist
Students and supporters gather as part of a climate change protest at the legislature on Friday, March 15, 2019. The Victoria event was one of dozens held across Canada.
Photograph By
DARREN STONE, Times Colonist
Students stage a protest in front of the Duomo gothic cathedral, in Milan, Italy, Friday, March 15, 2019.
Photograph By
Luca Bruno, The Associated Press
Young demonstrators join the International Youth Climate Strike event in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 15, 2019.
Photograph By
J. Scott Applewhite, The Associated Press
A poster with a photo of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is displayed during a demonstration of thousands of students as part of the "climate strike" protest in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday, March 15, 2019.
Photograph By
Jean-Christophe Bott, The Associated Press
Hundreds of schoolchildren take part in a climate protest in Hong Kong, Friday, March 15, 2019. Students in more than 80 countries and territories worldwide plan to skip class Friday in protest over their governments' failure to act against global warming.
Photograph By
Kin Cheung, The Associated Press
Hundreds of schoolchildren take part in a climate protest in Hong Kong, Friday, March 15, 2019.
Photograph By
Kin Cheung, The Associated Press
Students gather on Parliament Hill as they protest climate change, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Ottawa.
Photograph By
Adrian Wyld, The Canadian Press
Several hundred students gather on Parliament Hill as they protest climate change, Frida,y March 15, 2019, in Ottawa.
Photograph By
Adrian Wyld, The Canadian Press
Students hold a demonstration to protest against climate change on Friday, March 15, 2019, in Montreal.
Photograph By
Ryan Remiorz, The Canadian Press
Students in the Puget Sound region skip school to strike against climate change at Seattle's Cal Anderson Park on Friday, March 15, 2019, in Washington state.
Photograph By
Mike Siegel, The Associated Press
A poster with a photo of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is displayed during a demonstration of thousands of students as part of the "climate strike" protest in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday, March 15, 2019.
Photograph By
Jean-Christophe Bott, The Associated Press
Activist Greta Thunberg, foreground, participates in a climate protest, in central Stockholm Sweden, Friday, March 15, 2019. The co-ordinated 'school strike' was inspired by the 16-year-old, who began holding solitary demonstrations outside the Swedish parliament last year.
Photograph By
Pontus Lundahl, The Associated Press
