Demonstrations

More than 1,500 people were arrested during a protest by the Extinction Rebellion climate group in The Hague on Saturday, Dutch police said.

Activists blocked a section of a motorway during the afternoon in protest against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies.

Extinction Rebellion climate campaigners have announced a temporary halt to public disruption in the U.K. as they seek broader support, even as other activist groups vow to maintain radical tactics.

Two climate activists glued their hands to the perspex covering of Picasso's anti-war painting "Massacre in Korea" in a Melbourne art gallery yesterday, police, protesters and the gallery said. The painting emerged unscathed.

Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists have moved into London's Westminster and Parliament Square for a second day of protests, as they demand urgent government action on climate change.

Queen Elizabeth II was smiling broadly as she attended the final day of the Ascot races on June 19, where environmental protesters urged the monarch to press politicians to act faster against climate change.

A man tried to climb Big Ben but was arrested by law enforcement in London.

The strange incident took place around 4:00 pm local time, when police officers were called to the place of the popular clock tower. The signal was for a man trying to climb Big Ben, according to tweet published on London's police Twitter page.

Protesting eco-activists poured the iconic Wall Street charging bull in New York with fake blood. The protest was initiated by the "Extinction Rebellion" movement.

On Monday, there were protests in many cities around the world. Activists want to put pressure on governments to take more serious action against climate change.

Eco-activists used a fire truck to spray the British Treasury's facade with red paint in an effort to draw attention to the government's failure to prevent a looming climate cataclysm, Reuters reported.

Then, four activists stood on the roof of a fire truck bearing a banner labeled "Stop Financing Climate Death." The stairs of the ministry were drenched in red paint.