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'Extreme Weather Will Tell This Truth': Climate Protests Erupt In Major Cities

Hundreds of protesters were arrested in London, Amsterdam and New York, among other cities. "Extreme weather will tell this truth for us unless the Government does it for us first," organizers said.
Demonstrators dressed in red costumes block a street in Berlin on Monday, during a protest calling attention to climate breakdown, biodiversity loss and the risk of ecological collapse.

In London and Amsterdam, in Sydney and New York, and in other major cities dotting the map in between, demonstrators crammed main arteries and were arrested by the hundreds Monday as they railed against government inaction on climate change. The protests organized by , an international advocacy group founded last year in a small English town, launched what will be series of events in

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