Mar 15, 2019 - Energy & Climate

In photos: Across 112 countries, students demand action on climate change

Orion Rummler

In this image, a child waves a sign from behind a metal gate at a protest in Spain. — Students protest in Madrid, Spain during the wave of global demonstrations against climate change on March 15. Photo: Oscar Del Pozo/AFP/Getty Images

Thousands of youth students and protestors joined global protests on Friday in a massive demonstration against climate change, sparked by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Our thought bubble, per Axios' Andrew Freedman: The protests on Friday are the largest and most widespread demonstrations on this issue since the run-up to the Paris Climate Summit in 2014 and 2015, and illustrate that young people feel a sense of urgency on this issue that those in power have lacked.

Greta Thunberg walks down the street with other protestors, carrying an umbrella. — Greta Thunberg walks with protestors in Stockholm, Sweden on March 15. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images

Protestors in Rome push against plastic riot shields. — Climate change protesters and police clash in Naples, Italy on March 15. Photo: Ivan Romano/Getty Images

Students and children hold a large green banner that reads "climate extinction rebellion" — Students protest in New Dehli on March 15. Photo: Laurène Becquart/AFP

French students hold cardboard signs as they protest against climate change. — Young people chant outside the Panthéon in Paris, France on March 15. Photo: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images

A large sea of student protestors stand in front of a grand building in Madrid. — Youth gather on March 15 in front of Barcelona City Hall in Madrid, Spain. Photo: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images

A sea of student protestors holding signs in Australia. — Protestors outside Sydney Town Hall in Australia on March 15. Photo: James Gourley/Getty Images

Ugandan students hold signs, one of which reads: "Stop Pollution" — Students protest in Kampala, Uganda on March 15. Photo: Isaac Kasamani/AFP

A line of students walk down a cleared street, holding a large white banner that reads "Climate Justice Now!" — Hundreds of youth gather on March 15 in Munich, Germany. Photo: Alexander Pohl/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Austrian youth gather outside the Hofburg palace in Vienna — Austrian students gather outside the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria on March 15. Photo: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

In this image, students hold signs that read: "We stand with Greta" — Students rally in Auckland's Aotea Square over climate change on March 15 in Auckland, New Zealand. Photo: Phil Walter/Getty Images

South Korean protestors sit on steps with their signs, next to a teepee made out of more signs. — Gatherings emerged in Seoul, South Korea on March 15. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images

A circle of protestors stand around a woman with a bullhorn, who talks into it while holding a small child. — Protestors congregate near the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 15. Photo: STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images

A line of students and protestors cross the street in Tokyo, carrying banners and signs overhead. — Students and protestors walk down the street in Tokyo, Japan on March 15. Photo: Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images

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