International photos

Activists take the message "Ban illegal timber" to the EU Commission Headquarters.

Greenpeace activists conduct a peaceful protest outside the Japanese embassy in Den Haag as part of a global campaign against the continued unnecessary detention of two Greenpeace activists in Japan. The detained activists exposed a large scale embezzlement scandal within the Japanese government-sponsored Southern Ocean whaling program. In addition to demonstrations in approximately 30 countries, nearly 180,000 letters of protest have been emailed to the Japanese Prime Minister and Foreign minister.

Greenpeace activists construct a "climate defenders camp" at the site of a proposed coal plant coal in Iloilo city, Philippines demanding the cancellation of the said coal plant. Burning coal is the single biggest source of carbon dioxide emissions and a major cause of climate change.

Greenpeace dumps Philips electronic waste in front of the entrance of the headquarter of the company. Greenpeace demands that Philips starts to collect and recycle the products they produce worldwide.

Crew of Turkish fishing vessel throw lead weights at Greenpeace vessel shortly before ramming the vessel midships.

The car industry is still trapped in the "dinosaur dynamic" of building ever-faster and increasingly powerful gas-guzzlers at the expense of the climate.

Activists from Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, paint "Quit Coal" on the hull of 223-meter ship MV Sam John Spirit standing by to unload its cargo at the Pagbilao coal power plant in Quezon province, around 300 kms south of Manila 24 May 2008.

Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, anchors alongside MV Medi Firenze which unloads cargo at the Pagbilao coal power plant in Quezon province, around 300 kms south of Manila 23 May 2008.

Greenpeace activists project anti-nuclear slogans from a boat in Prague’s Vltava River during the formal dinner attended by delegates to the European Nuclear Energy Forum.