In photos: Students around the world protest inaction on climate change

Young students planned a total of 2,300 school strikes in 150 countries for Friday to protest inaction on climate change, Vox reports.

The big picture: This isn't the first student-led global climate change protest of this size as activists continue to demand their governments make changes to climate policy. The youth climate movement was sparked by Swedish 16-year-old Greta Thunberg who, in March, led the largest and most widespread demonstration on climate change since the run-up to the Paris climate summit in 2014 and 2015.

Tomorrow we schoolstrike for the right to a future. In 1623 places in 119 countries around the world.
And counting!
Join us!
Everyone is needed. Find or register your closest strike at https://t.co/Fu0gVe3IOc
#fridaysforfuture #climatestrike #schoolstrike4climate pic.twitter.com/CDYlbsjfUi

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) May 23, 2019

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Berlin, Germany

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Madrid, Spain

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Kiev, Ukraine

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Bordeaux, France

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Turin, Italy

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London, England

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Lisbon, Portugal

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Taipei, Taiwan

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Warsaw, Poland

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Washington, D.C.

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Stockholm, Sweden

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Athens, Greece

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Auckland, New Zealand

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