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New Delhi, Feb 3 (EFE/EPA).- Pop superstar Rihanna, climate activist Greta Thunberg and several global celebrities tweeting to support protesting Indian farmers sparked angry government reaction Wednesday over "neither accurate nor responsible" comments by foreign individuals.Tens of thousands of farmers have been protesting on the outskirts of the Indian capital, New Delhi, for the last nearly three months against new farm laws.The protesters allege the new laws will benefit big businesses and leave agricultural workers at their mercy. (Camera: RAJAT GUPTA/HARISH TYAGI).SHOT LIST: FARMERS' PROTEST ON FEBRUARY 3, 2021, IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
Images of climate activist Greta Thunberg being detained by Dutch police on Saturday after she and a group of marchers blocked a main road in The Hague to protest against fossil fuel subsidies. IMAGES
Thousands of Indian farmers riding tractors resumed their push towards the capital New Delhi on Wednesday after failing to reach a deal with the government on their demands for higher crop prices. IMAGES
Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel block a highway to prevent farmers from marching towards New Delhi during a protest demanding minimum crop prices, at the Haryana-Punjab state border in Shambhu near Ambala about 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of the capital. IMAGES
Lawyer Raj Chada and climate activist Christofer 'Chris' Kebbon give short statements outside Westminster Magistrates Court after climate activist Greta Thunberg and four other protesters were acquitted following their arrest while protesting at the Energy Intelligence Forum in London in October 2023. SOUNDBITE