To Save the Planet From Climate Change, Students Take to the Streets

Steven (left), a 16-year-old high school student, traveled from Queens to the Global Climate Strike in Manhattan on Sept. 20. He said: "If this keeps going, we won't be around for much longer. There needs to be a change, it needs to happen now."
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Poisoned for profit

A climate protester in New York holds a sign displaying a quote by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg: "I don't want your hope. I want you to panic."
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Running out of time

People demonstrate with placards during the Global Climate Strike at Raadhuspladsen in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Striking in Denmark

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Parisian protest

Children in Australia and the Pacific Islands kicked off a millions-strong global climate strike on September 20 -- heeding the rallying cry of teen activist Greta Thunberg and demanding adults take action to stave off environmental disaster.
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"We build, we rise, we resist"

A group of Indonesian children hold placards as they take part in a global climate change campaign in Surabaya.
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"Save our future"

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Students step up

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