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Occupation Of The Place Du Chatelet By Extinction Rebellion

Green activists stand on the camp where dozens of tents were installed, located between the Place du Chatelet and the Hotel de Ville, Monday, October 7, 2019, when several hundred activists ecologists members of the international movement Extinction Rebellion (XR ) launched the occupation of the Place du Chatelet and the Pont au Change in Paris in order to alert the population and the French and international authorities about the climate emergency faced by governments inaction in the face of global warming. This action falls within the framework of the International Action Week, Rebellion Internationale d'Octobre (RIO) launched on Monday. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto)