{"id":72084,"date":"2025-01-10T15:51:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T14:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=72084"},"modified":"2025-05-23T10:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T08:18:13","slug":"greenpeace-pictures-of-the-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/72084\/greenpeace-pictures-of-the-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Pictures of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace has been a pioneer of photo activism for more than 50 years, and remains committed to its core values of bearing witness and exposing environmental injustice through the images we capture.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here are a few recent pictures from Greenpeace photographers around the world.<\/p>\n\n<p>To see more Greenpeace Photo and Video, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/media.greenpeace.org\">Media Library<\/a><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/ec138a71-gp0su41n5-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"Powerful Winds Fuel Multiple Fires Across Los Angeles Area. \u00a9 David McNew \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"A firefighter stands silhouetted against a blazing house in Los Angeles\" class=\"wp-image-72087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/ec138a71-gp0su41n5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/ec138a71-gp0su41n5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/ec138a71-gp0su41n5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/ec138a71-gp0su41n5-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/ec138a71-gp0su41n5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 David McNew \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Firefighters battle the Eaton Fire on January 8, 2025 in Altadena, California. Powerful Santa Ana winds pushed the fire across more than 10,000 acres in less than 24 hours. At least 1,000 structures have burned and 70,000 people are forced from their homes in the Los Angeles area as multiple dangerous wildfires continue to erupt.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/fd906b6c-gp0su3vh4-1024x681.jpg\" title=\"Wild Bees in Germany. \u00a9 Solvin Zankl \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"Close up image of a Poppy Bee in flight, carrying a small red package made from the petals of a poppy.\" class=\"wp-image-72091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/fd906b6c-gp0su3vh4-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/fd906b6c-gp0su3vh4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/fd906b6c-gp0su3vh4-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/fd906b6c-gp0su3vh4-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/fd906b6c-gp0su3vh4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Solvin Zankl \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The poppy bee (Osmia papveris or Hoplitis Papaveris) is a wild solitary leaf-cutting bee that lines its nest with pieces petals from the common poppy (Palaver rheas). Bundledinto small packages these pieces are brought to the nest and unfolded carefully to line its sandy walls.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/3a8187ec-gp0su40jq-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"Bee Petition Hand in at Defra in London. \u00a9 David Mirzoeff \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"Greenpeace activists wearing hard hats and high viz vests walk towards the Department of the Environment in London, UK. One of the activists is carrying a large placard decorated with flowers and reading '1.6 million people say protect our bees'.\" class=\"wp-image-72085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/3a8187ec-gp0su40jq-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/3a8187ec-gp0su40jq-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/3a8187ec-gp0su40jq-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/3a8187ec-gp0su40jq-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/3a8187ec-gp0su40jq.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 David Mirzoeff \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>A petition that has been signed by more than 1,640,108 people is handed in at the UK Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs in London, asking Steve Reed, Secretary of State for Environment, to enforce a total ban on bee killing pesticides.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/c40dd810-gp0su3vmk-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"Amber Bourke swimming gracefully with bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops), Lord Howe Island. \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Bridget Ferguson\" alt=\"In this underwater image taken from above, a woman holds out her hand while two bottlenose dolphins swim in a circular motion around her. The scene is framed in deep blue, with the suns rays piercing the water and shining off the dolphin's skin.\" class=\"wp-image-72086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/c40dd810-gp0su3vmk-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/c40dd810-gp0su3vmk-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/c40dd810-gp0su3vmk-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/c40dd810-gp0su3vmk-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/c40dd810-gp0su3vmk.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Bridget Ferguson<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Australia&#8217;s deepest female freediver, Amber Bourke, swimming gracefully with bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops) in the deep blue waters, 600 metres deep and located 15 kilometres off Lord Howe Island, Australia.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/e8867f67-gp0su3x45-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"Call for Long Term &quot;Germany Ticket&quot; with Demonstration Bus in Berlin. \u00a9 Christophe Gateau \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"A tradition red double-decker bus emblazoned with the words (in German) 'More buses and trains' on the side pass by a mower angular building in Hamburg, Germany. The image is geometric and symmetrical, with the bus perfectly centred and separated from the grey, office-like background by it's distinctive red c colour.\" class=\"wp-image-72088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/e8867f67-gp0su3x45-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/e8867f67-gp0su3x45-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/e8867f67-gp0su3x45-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/e8867f67-gp0su3x45-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/e8867f67-gp0su3x45.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Christophe Gateau \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Germany organises a demonstration bus to call on the incoming government to secure the &#8216;Deutschlandticket&#8217; &#8211; an affordable annual ticket to all public transport in Germany. The side of the red double-decker bus reads \u2018More buses and trains\u2019<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/3045e7a4-gp0su3x01-1024x576.jpg\" title=\"Banner outside of Tanya Plibersek&#039;s office in Sydney. \u00a9 Bianca Vitale \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"In this aerial image taken from around 50 metres in the air, a large yellow banner laying on the ground is framed by the lush green of a public park, a skyscraper-filled skyline in the background, and a deep blue Summer sky. The banner reads: 'Stop Woodside's drill'. \" class=\"wp-image-72089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/3045e7a4-gp0su3x01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/3045e7a4-gp0su3x01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/3045e7a4-gp0su3x01-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/3045e7a4-gp0su3x01-510x287.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/3045e7a4-gp0su3x01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Bianca Vitale \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Large banner that reads &#8216;Stop Woodside&#8217;s Drill&#8217; in Sydney CBD, Australia, outside of Tanya Plibersek&#8217;s office.<br><br>Last week the Western Australian Government approved Woodside\u2019s North West Shelf project extension\u2014a part of its monstrous Burrup Hub. Woodside has plans to drill up to 50 gas wells at Scott Reef, home to endangered species, including pygmy blue whales and endangered dusky sea snakes.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/330756f4-gp0su3wg6-1024x576.jpg\" title=\"Bohol Sinking Islands Get Climate Response Upgrade through Renewable Solar Energy (Batasan). \u00a9 Ivan Joeseff Guiwanon \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"In this aerial image, taken from around 100 metres in the air from a drone, a tiny island surrounded by ocean and some small fishing boats is packed with houses. This is clearly a community of people who would previously have enjoyed living on a much larger island, which has been swallowed up by rising sea levels and is now perilously close to the houses in the village.\" class=\"wp-image-72090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/330756f4-gp0su3wg6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/330756f4-gp0su3wg6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/330756f4-gp0su3wg6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/330756f4-gp0su3wg6-510x287.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/01\/330756f4-gp0su3wg6.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Ivan Joeseff Guiwanon \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Residents of Bilangbilangan and Batasan Islands in the Philippines, with support of local government units and Greenpeace have installed solar panels and charging stations to strengthen their climate response capabilities and transition away from fossil fuel dependence.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<p>Greenpeace has been a pioneer of photo activism for more than 50 years, and remains committed to bearing witness and exposing environmental injustice through the images we capture.<\/p>\n\n<p>To see more Greenpeace Photo and Video, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/media.greenpeace.org\">Media Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenpeace has been a pioneer of photo activism for more than 50 years, and remains committed to its core values of bearing witness and exposing environmental injustice through the images we capture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":72087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[141],"p4-page-type":[59],"class_list":["post-72084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about","tag-photography","p4-page-type-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72084"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74900,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72084\/revisions\/74900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72084"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=72084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}