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In Paris, in the presence of Greta Thunberg, environmental activists unveil giant dollars to put pressure on leaders meeting at the summit for a new financial pact to "put an end" to fossil fuel financing. IMAGES
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and Ugandan climate activist Patience Nabukalu take part in a demonstration by the group 'Fridays for Future' in front of the headquarters of German retail bank Postbank in Bonn, western Germany, to demand an end of new fossil fuel funding projects by banks and states. The activists march from the United Nations campus to the Postbank (Deutsche Bank) headquarters to demand that company CEO Christian Sewing and TotalEnergies stop funding the EACOP pipeline in Uganda. IMAGES
German police officers begin removing climate activists perched precariously on high structures after they embarked on an operation to evacuate a protest camp that has become a symbol of resistance against fossil fuels. Luetzerath, a village in North Rhine-Westphalia state, has been turned over to around 2,000 anti-coal activists who are trying to prevent the site from being dug up for coal. IMAGES
Around 1,500 people march in Paris to demonstrate against vaccination and the health pass. One demonstrator's blouse reads "No to compulsory vaccination, freedom violated!", while another's placard reads "Macron, no to the health dictatorship". IMAGES
Around a hundred activists protest against the G7 Ministers' Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment by blocking the highway and letting off smoke flares in Turin for about 30 minutes. The meeting begins Sunday evening. IMAGES
Climate activists stage a demonstration warning of "polluted" profits outside Unilever's HQ in London on eve of the company's annual earnings announcement. IMAGES