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Students in Friday strike movement demand climate action worldwide

Climate protests organized in 2,083 cities across 125 nations made for one of the world's biggest ever demonstrations.

An estimated 4,000 climate protesters took to the streets of the Swiss capital.
An estimated 4,000 climate protesters took to the streets of the Swiss capital.(AN/Clarisa Gaines)

At least 1.5 million students walked out of their classrooms around the world on a Friday to demand that their governments take meaningful and swift action to fight climate change.

Organizers reported holding simultaneous, student-led protests in 2,083 cities across 125 nations, making for one of the world's biggest demonstrations — and possibly the largest ever — aimed at overcoming political inertia, apathy or ignorance towards global warming, according to the #FridaysForFuture website.

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