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Images of runners competing in the Berlin marathon and their supporters. Meanwhile activists of the "Letzte Generation" (Last Generation) movement disrupt the race by throwing orange paint on the track. IMAGES
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
Thousands of people attend a Fridays for Future climate rally in Berlin, demanding action on climate change. IMAGES
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and Ugandan climate activist Patience Nabukalu take part in a demonstration by the group 'Fridays for Future' in front of the headquarters of German retail bank Postbank in Bonn, western Germany, to demand an end of new fossil fuel funding projects by banks and states. The activists march from the United Nations campus to the Postbank (Deutsche Bank) headquarters to demand that company CEO Christian Sewing and TotalEnergies stop funding the EACOP pipeline in Uganda. IMAGES
Environmental activists block dozens of streets in Berlin to protest Germany's climate policy, causing widespread transport disruption in the capital. IMAGES