In photos: Students around the world protest inaction on climate change

Young students planned a total of 2,300 school strikes in 150 countries for Friday to protest inaction on climate change, Vox reports.

The big picture: This isn't the first student-led global climate change protest of this size as activists continue to demand their governments make changes to climate policy. The youth climate movement was sparked by Swedish 16-year-old Greta Thunberg who, in March, led the largest and most widespread demonstration on climate change since the run-up to the Paris climate summit in 2014 and 2015.

Berlin, Germany

Madrid, Spain

Kiev, Ukraine

Bordeaux, France

Turin, Italy

London, England

Lisbon, Portugal

Taipei, Taiwan

Warsaw, Poland

Washington, D.C.

Stockholm, Sweden

Athens, Greece

Auckland, New Zealand

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