Cities around the world were turning landmark lights off Saturday for
Earth Hour, with this year’s theme highlighting the link between the
destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like
COVID-19.
The big picture: From Australia, to America, city
landmarks went dark for an hour at 8:30p.m. to mark global action on
climate change. Organizer WWF said in a statement, “COVID-19 has given us a stark warning of the risks, vulnerabilities and inequalities of our interconnected systems.”
The Palace of Westminster, containing the House of Commons and
House of Lords, takes part in Earth Hour in London, England. Photo: Yui
Mok/PA Images via Getty Images
The India Gate in New Delhi, India. Photo: Prakash Singh/AFP via Getty Images
The Xi’an Bell Tower’s lights are turned off in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China. Photo: Shang Hongtao/VCG via Getty Images
A view of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, with the lights off. Photo: Baris Seckin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
The Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House are plunged into darkness in Australia. Photo: Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images
A view from Red Square during Earth Hour in Moscow, Russia. Photo: Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Combination images of a view of the Puente de la Mujer at Puerto
Madero neighborhood before (top) and after being submerged into darkness
in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo: Alejandro Pagini/AFP via Getty
Images
This combination of pictures created on March 27, 2021 shows South
Korea’s number one national treasure Namdaemun gate before (top) and
after (bottom) its lights went out for the Earth Hour environmental
campaign in Seoul. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG
YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images
Source: https://www.axios.com/earth-hour-global-landmarks-turn-off-lights-photos-ece60a33-6e02-40af-be93-519e7f2f6f2b.html
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