Climate Change Protests

Vibrant images of diverse crowds protesting for climate action, holding signs and banners in various outdoor settings, reflecting urgency and unity.

Romulus, Michigan, USA, 23 February 2026, Hundreds rallied at Romulus City Hall to oppose the opening of an ICE detention center in the Detroit suburb. During the rally, the City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing the detention center.

Protesters at a rally at Victoria Park, near Parliament, London, during the 20th September 2019 climate strike. Also known as the Global Week for Future, a series of international strikes and protests to demand action be taken to address climate change. The 20 September protests were likely the largest climate strikes in world history. Organisers reported that over 4 million people participated in strikes worldwide, including 300000 people joined UK protests. Greta Thunberg, (born 3 January 2003), Swedish environmental activist, credited with raising global awareness of the risks posed by climate change, and with holding politicians to account for their lack of action on the climate crisis.

No Means No sign at Me Too Protest, Columbus Circle, New York City, New York, USA

150, 000 people gather around the Bundestag in Berlin to build a human wall against the shift to the right in society. We are the firewall chanted demonstrators from a wide range of social groups. Recordings on 03.02.2024 in Berlin

Victoria, Canada. 4th Mar, 2020. Indigenous people have blocked government buildings, bridges, and rail lines to protest a natural gas pipeline to be run through the Wet'suwet'en territory by Coastal GasLink. The private company failed to consult hereditary chiefs, the nation's leaders since well before colonisation. The Canadian government and hereditary chiefs met on the weekend after two weeks of pressure to revisit the agreement and drafted an agreement not made public yet. Calling themselves Land Protectors, Indigenous youth from 31 nations have held ceremonial vigil on the front steps

Howell, Michigan USA, 27 January 2018, Residents organized a ""March Against Fear"" to protest white nationalist literature distributed recently in their community. The town, which is 95% white, has long had a reputation of tolerating the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups.

Romulus, Michigan, USA, 23 February 2026, Hundreds rallied at Romulus City Hall to oppose the opening of an ICE detention center in the Detroit suburb. During the rally, the City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing the detention center.

Netherlands, Amsterdam, 28/02/2022. Following the aggression of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin s Russia, demonstration in support of the Ukrainian people and in opposition to the war in Amsterdam. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, le 28/02/2022. Suite a l agression de l Ukraine par la Russie de Vladimir Poutine, manifestation de soutien au peuple ukrainien et en opposition a la guerre a Amsterdam. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

St. Paul, Minnesota. Women rights protest. Women call on Minnesota State Representatives to support a bipartisan bill that incorporates criminal sexual conduct provisions & create a new sexual extortion crime.

Maple Grove, Minnesota, Stop Asian hate protest to remember the victims of the Atlanta Killings.

A large crowd of protesters march and chant down State Street carrying signs at an anti-Iraq War protest march in Santa Barbara, California on March 17, 2007

FRA - SOCIETY - MOBILISATION DES LYCÉENS DE DINAN SOUTENUES PAR LES GILETS JAUNESMobilisation des étudiants du lycée La Fontaine à Dinan des Eaux à Dinan soutenues par les gilets jaunes.FRA - SOCIETY - MOBILIZATION OF DINAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SUPPORTED BY YELLOW VESTSMobilization of students from La Fontaine high school in Dinan des Eaux in Dinan supported by yellow vests.

2014 San Francisco Pride Parade

Young protesters holding equal rights signs in sunny city

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 5th Apr, 2023. A demonstrator backs off a police line on East Hastings Street in Vancouver, Canada, as city crews remove a homeless encampment. The City of Vancouver requested a heavy police presence for the safety of crews clearing the tents, temporary structures and personal effects of homeless residents who have camped on the sidewalk for about eight months, sometimes blocking the entrances of businesses and residencies. The move follows the closure of encampments in public parks two years ago at the onset of what's now Canada's worst affordable hous

Faceless person holds "Hands Off" protest sign in rally

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Victoria, Canada. 4th Mar, 2020. Indigenous people have blocked government buildings, bridges, and rail lines to protest a natural gas pipeline to be run through the Wet'suwet'en territory by Coastal GasLink. The private company failed to consult hereditary chiefs, the nation's leaders since well before colonisation. The Canadian government and hereditary chiefs met on the weekend after two weeks of pressure to revisit the agreement and drafted an agreement not made public yet. Calling themselves Land Protectors, Indigenous youth from 31 nations have held ceremonial vigil on the front steps

Troy, Michigan, A rally protests the increased violence and racism targeting Asian-Americans. The group Stop AAPI Hate has documented 3,800 hate incidents against Asian-Americans in just over a year, including the killing of six Asian-American women and two others in Atlanta in March.

Detroit, Michigan USA, 28 October 2023, Thousands of Palestinian-Americans and their supporters rallied in downtown Detroit to call for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. A woman carries a child-sized body bag to highlight the number of children killed in the conflict

A huge demonstration of young, coloured, black and white people protesting against racism and police brutality in Zurich City in times of Covid-19 Corona Pandemic

Biden supporters celebrate his win outside the White House on Nov. 7.

A large crowd of protesters march and chant down State Street carrying signs at an anti-Iraq War protest march in Santa Barbara, California on March 17, 2007

Protest for freedoms in Iran in the city center of Aachen. November 2022

Demonstrators participating in "No Kings" Protest March, Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, October 1, 2025

"I will Aid and Abet Abortion" Sign at Abortion Rights Rally, Washington Square, New York City, New York, USA

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People walking at a Black Lives Matter march.

Denver, Colorado, The annual Martin Luther King Day Marade (march + parade).

Toronto, Canada. 16th January 2013. Idle No More rally outside the British Consulate-General in downtown Toronto as part of the Aboriginal Day of Action. Idle No More is a protest movement originating among First Nations in Canada in reaction to alleged abuses of indigenous treaty rights by the Harper Government and takes particular issue with the omnibus bill Bill C-45. In picture, mother carrying a child with hand drum. Credit: n8n photo / Alamy Live News

Burlington, Vermont, USA, 14 June, 2025. Demonstrators at a ""No Kings"" Trump protest on the Burlington, Vermont, USA, waterfront park, part of nationwide No Kings protest day.

SAN DIEGO (Sept. 30, 2022) - Friends and family welcome home Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Sailors as the ship returns to San Diego upon completion of Pacific Partnership 2022. Having just completed its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multi-national humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership 2022 host nations included Vietnam, Palau, the Philippines and Solomon Islands. U.S. Service Members carried out the mission alongside partner nation representatives from Australia, Chile, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom.

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Gathering of participants at the Alabama capitol building in the culmination of the commemoration of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery civil rights march.

A huge demonstration of young, coloured, black and white people protesting against racism and police brutality in Zurich City

Minneapolis, Minnesota. January 17, 2026. Counter protesters surround Jake Lang, a right wing conservative activist in town for a March Against Minnesota Fraud while he is trying to wave the American flag.

Megaphone, protest and man leader speaking at rally for politics, equality and human rights. Revolution, outdoor strike and guy shouting with microphone for leadership justice speech in road for riot

May 2016 (off). Social movement against the Labour Act in Rennes. Mai 2016 (off). Mouvement social contre la Loi Travail à Rennes.

pro-Palestinian protesters seen in front of the Israeli embassy in Toronto, following the bombing of the Hospital in Gaza (October 17,2023)

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Thousands march through downtown Toronto calling for justice after after death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a young black woman who died after falling from her balcony while police were attending a call for help at her address.

Hamtramck, Michigan USA, 29 January 2017, Hundreds rallied at Hamtramck City Hall against President Trump's ban on immigration from seven Muslim nations. Hamtramck is a city of immigrants, a large number of whom are from Yemen. The city is governed by a Muslim-majority city council and is a sanctuary city.

HONG KONG -JOSHUA WONGJoshua Wong, leader de Hong Kong de l'opposition democratique à la Republique Populaire de Chine devant le centre de détention de Lai Chi Kok où il était déténu en Juin.Joshua Wong, Hong Kong leader of the democratic opposition to the People's Republic of China in front of the Lai Chi Kok detention centre where he was detained in June.

9-12 Rally and Tea Party, September 12, 2009 at the Federal Building, Los Angeles, CA

An East German woman holds onto a kite string as she celebrates the demolition of a section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz..

A member of the LGBTQ+ community smiles and holds a banner as they protest against the lack of rights and healthcare for transgender people.

Suite à la loi à la promulgation par le président Donald Trump ainsi que le congres et le senat américain d'une loi en faveur des manifestants pro-democratie à Hong Kong, les manifestants ont fêté Thanksgiving avec des discours et des concerts pour les remercier.Following the law following the promulgation by President Donald Trump and the US Congress and Senate of a law in favour of pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong, the demonstrators celebrated Thanksgiving with speeches and concerts to thank them.

Hamtramck, Michigan USA, 29 January 2017, Hundreds rallied at Hamtramck City Hall against President Trump's ban on immigration from seven Muslim nations. Hamtramck is a city of immigrants, a large number of whom are from Yemen. The city is governed by a Muslim-majority city council and is a sanctuary city.

Street protestors protesting against Guantanamo Bay

Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan USA, 2 April 2017, ""Neighbors Building Bridges"": Mexican and Muslim immigrants march from St. Gabriel's Catholic Church to the American Muslim Society's mosque to show unity and to oppose President Trump's plans to build a border wall and to stop Muslim travel to the United States.

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Warren, Michigan, African Americans picket the home of Warren, Michigan Mayor Mark Steenbergh to protest racial harassment in the city, which is a suburb of Detroit. The protest was called by the Michigan chapter of the National Action Network, which issued a ""National Travel Warning,"" cautioning African Americans to avoid travelling through Warren.

A group of war resisters marching in Toronto

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A march and rally in defense of women's rights was held on International Womens day. More than 800 people attended the rally. The march took place on one of the main streets of the city and ended with a rally on the square. This is Kazakhstan's first official feminist march. The march was authorized by the local authorities. The protesters wanted equal pay and criminal penalties for harassment. Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Photo by: Kushamanov Didar/Majority World/UIG)

Demonstrators participating in "No Kings" Protest March, Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York, USA, June 14, 2025

People attend Orange Shirt Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Day at Dundas Square in Toronto, Ontario, to heal, raise awareness and ris

Ames 70_year picture day on Flight line. Sheila Johnson orginazing the line up.

Peaceful Demonstrations in Rural Grass Valley, California Protest

Faceless protestors march against government in rain

Scenes from the campus of Virginia Tech, sight of a shooting masacre that left 33 people dead

Detroit, Michigan, Members of the Blue Triangle Network picket the Immigration & Naturalization Service office to protest the requirement that male immigrants from certain countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia are required to register with the INS and be interviewed and fingerprinted. The blue triangle was the symbol that foreigners were required to wear in Nazi concentration camps.

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Biden, hands off Cuba protest. Protesters demand that the Biden administration take immediate action to reverse the actions taken by the Trump administration to deepen the economic war against Cuba. .

People picket the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in a heavy rain storm to protest the pending deportation of Cesar Montoya, who was brought to the U.S. ten years ago at age 14, and would be eligible to stay under the DREAM Act, if passed by Congress, Detroit, Michigan, USA, North America

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Great march of the pro-democracy movement for the New Year. Hong Kong on 2020-01-01.Grande marche du mouvement pro-democratie pour le nouvel an. Hong Kong le 2020-01-01.

Coney Island, N.Y., Nov. 24, 2012 Cheria Brown, center, and Erin Cowans, right, community relations specialists, provide assistance to survivors in the hard h it neighborhoods of Coney Island. FEMA is working with various partners including federal, state, local and tribal governments, voluntary faith-based and community-based organizations, along with the private sector, to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Royal Oak, Michigan USA, 11 March 2023, A small group of conservative Republicans protesting the Sidetrack Bookshop's Drag Queen Story Hour were outnumbered by many hundreds of counter-protesters supporting the LGBTQ community.

A young guest explores a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft during the NATO Days air show in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Sept. 17, 2022. The C-5M was the largest aircraft on display during the two-day event.

Bus with Philadelphia Phillies and Mayor Michael Nutter hoisting World Series trophy over his head, next to Phillies manager Charlie Manuel, Phillies World Series victory October 31, 2008 with parade down Broad Street Philadelphia, PA

Detroit, Michigan USA, 7 December 2023, On the first night of Hanukkah, Jews for Ceasefire carried menorahs, calling for a ceasefire in the fighting in Gaza

England, London, Anti-War protesters against the bombing of Syria outside the House of Commons carrying Dont Bomb Syria placards.

Demonstrators participating in "No Kings" Protest March, Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York, USA, June 14, 2025

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Activists holding signs during anti-violence demonstration, East Los Angeles, California

Immigrant rights supporters attending Anti- ICE protest, Boston State House, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, May 17, 2025,

Immigration march and rally

Expedition 54 flight engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA, right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 2:21 a.m. Eastern Time (1:21 p.m. Baikonur time) on December 17 and will send Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai on a five month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 8, 2026, Protest at the Whipple Federal building in response to the shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who killed the woman. A protester filming the protest on his phone during a small confrontation with agents.

Montreal, Canada. 21st June, 2022. Drezus, a Muskowekwan, performs in the concert to celebrate the National Indigenous Peoples Day. Canadians celebrated the 26th National Indigenous Peoples Day. To celebrate the event, POP Montreal, Resilience Montreal and Native Womenís Shelter of Montreal organized a free concert at Square Cabot to highlight Indigenous culture, songs and performers. Credit: SOPA Images Limited/Alamy Live News

England, London, Regent Street. Participants in the London Pride parade on Regent Street.

Protesters in front of White House where Guy Fawkes masks

Several thousand people protested on Sunday in Dresden and elsewhere, against the AfD and in favour of democracy. Similar demonstrations have been taking place in many German cities for days. Between 25, 000 and 40, 000 participants are estimated to have occupied the entire length of the Augustus Bridge, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 30th Sep, 2021. A participant holds a banner during the Orange Shirt Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation at Dundas Square, to heal, raise awareness and rise together as an Indigenous Community.Organized by Matriarchal Circle, a Toronto-based grassroots organization impacted by child welfare agencies. The Matriarchal Circle's vision is for child welfare to be practiced in Toronto in true Indigenous grassroots led circles, ''as opposed to the neo-colonial, oppressive, genocidal acts in the current child welfare system. (Credit Image: © Shawn Goldberg/S

Detroit, Michigan, A rally opposes new voting restrictions that have been proposed since the 2020 election in Michigan and other states

No Kings Day protesters with signs along city street October 2025. This protest included hundreds of people in Moscow, Idaho.

Blumen und Kerzen am Anschlagsort in München Als Gedenken und zur Trauerbewältigung haben Menschen Blumen, Kerzen, Stofftiere, Briefe und ähnliche Dinge am Anschlagsort in München abgelegt. *** Flowers and candles at the site of the attack in Munich People have laid flowers, candles, stuffed animals, letters and similar items at the site of the attack in Munich as a way of remembering and coping with grief

young man with his gay pride flag

Demonstration, violence against women, Concepcion, Chile, South America

Markeisha Brown, an Army spouse, looks at her baby daughter during the Easter sunrise service at Soldier Field, Presidio of Monterey, Calif., April 9.

12/14/2013. Madrid. Spain. Surround the congress. Photo: Saint Bernard. Archdc.

Immigrants rally in NYC on May Day

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