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In Pictures: Children take to the streets to voice climate change concerns

A poll ahead of the walkouts suggests a majority of the British public support UK students who first ditched lessons on February 15.

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Students have joined school strikes around the world demanding that politicians take urgent action on climate change.

Students take part in a global school strike for climate change outside the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)
Students in Canterbury as protests are planned in 100 towns and cities in the UK (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Climate change protest
Parliament Square in London was packed (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
(Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

The climate change protests were taking place across the globe.

A woman takes part in a march during a demonstration to call for strengthened measures against global warming in Tokyo (Jun Hirata/Kyodo News via AP)
Students and activists join a demonstration in Manila, Philippines (Aaron Favila/AP)
Students participate in a climate protest at Stortorget in Lund, Sweden (Johan Nilsson /TT News Agency via AP)
Pupils take to the Paris streets (Francois Mori/AP)
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