Protesters chant and shout slogans as they block a bridge to mark the beginning of the Extinction Rebellion protests in Amsterdam. Climate protesters from Sydney to London blocked roads on Monday, sparking mass arrests at the start of two weeks of civil disobedience demanding immediate action to save the Earth from "extinction".
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Supporters of the 'Extinction Rebellion' movement block a road at the Potsdamer Platz square in Berlin, Germany. The year-old group Extinction Rebellion has energised a global movement demanding governments drastically cut the carbon emissions that scientists have shown to cause devastating climate change.
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Protesters sit on carpets on theground as they block central Potsdamer Platz square to mark the beginning of the Extinction Rebellion protests in Berlin.
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Climate protestors block Westminster Bridge leading to Britain's Parliament, rear, in central London, in an attempt to disrupt the heart of government.
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A climate activist attends an Extinction Rebellion protest in Berlin, Germany.
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Demonstrators calling themselved 'Aged Agitators' wear the climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion's logo on their heads as they demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in central London.
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Protesters in costume gather at Marble Arch in London at an opening ceremony to mark the beginning of the International Rebellion, an event organised by Extinction Rebellion.
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An activist is arrested by the police during a blockade organized by Extinction Rebellion activists in Amsterdam.
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Extinction Rebellion activists stage a sit-in on a busy inner-city road in Sydney.
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Extinction Rebellion activists stage a sit-in on a busy inner-city road in Sydney.
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A group of people take part in a Global Extinction Rebellion Spring Tide demonstration camp against the causes of climate change in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition in Madrid.
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Protesters sit on the ground to block the Pont au Change bridge during a demonstration called by climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion, in Paris.
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Police officers pull out a climate change activist as activists block a road during the Extinction Rebellion protest in Vienna, Austria.
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