{"id":73943,"date":"2025-04-04T15:24:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=73943"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:32:01","slug":"greenpeace-pictures-of-the-week-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/73943\/greenpeace-pictures-of-the-week-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Pictures of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s been a busy week in the Greenpeace world, from gambling with the oceans in Bergen, to defending Indigenous lands in Tanzania and a nuclear April fools prank in Geneva. Drop a comment below and let us know which is your favourite.<\/p>\n\n

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\u00a9 Will Rose \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 Norway – Participants joining an international deep sea mineral conference in Bergen were met by a surprise, as their lobby event had turned into a loud and colourful casino. The message from Greenpeace Nordic is clear: the deep-sea mining industry is gambling with marine life.<\/p>\n\n

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\"Volunteers
\u00a9 Natanya Harrington \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 South Africa – Volunteers and staff participated in the yearly Human Rights Festival in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n\n

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\"In
\u00a9 Gustavo Graf \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd Mexico – In front of the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City, volunteers and staff from Greenpeace M\u00e9xico support Greenpeace USA facing a slapp lawsuit from Energy Transfer, an American pipeline company.<\/p>\n\n

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\"'Meat
\u00a9 Ron Forsman \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Finland – ‘Meat Head’, campaigning on the streets of Helsinki before the 2025 municipality elections. The activist, dressed in a meat costume, is urging politicians and voters to lobby to make the switch to a plant based food menu to meet climate goals in the municipalities.<\/p>\n\n

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\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf3 Senegal – Snapshots from International Women\u2019s Day, where women gathered to amplify their voices and advocate for the recognition of their rights. A powerful moment of unity and determination for change.<\/p>\n\n

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\"Greenpeace
\u00a9 Paul Lovis Wagner \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Germany – Activists protest in front of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin and unveil a banner reading: \u201cLeaders unite! Save the planet!\u201d. The banner is unveiled from the top of the ladder of a fire truck in front of the building and calls on the heads of state and government to urgently address the escalating climate emergency.<\/p>\n\n

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\"Today,
\u00a9 Jana Eriksson \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Sweden – Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff in Stockholm were met by Greenpeace Nordic activists dressed as sailors and a 6-meter-tall pink octopus, with a giant pen, who urged Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard to sign the ratification of the Global Oceans Treaty. <\/p>\n\n

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\"As
\u00a9 Marc Meier \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded Switzerland – As an April 1st joke, Greenpeace volunteers trick passers-by in Zurich into believing that a new nuclear power plant is being built on the shores of lake Zurich. The campaign coincides with the end of the consultation on the indirect counter-proposal to the blackout initiative. More than 10,000 people took part in a campaign organised by Greenpeace Switzerland, all of whom emphasised that the transition to clean energy is the solution to guaranteeing a secure and independent energy supply. <\/p>\n\n

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\"Community
\u00a9 Caleb Mbuvi \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddff Tanzania – Community engagement with Tanzania Maasai, who are facing forced evictions from their ancestral land.<\/p>\n\n

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\"Greenpeace
\u00a9 David Mirzoeff \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 U.K. – Greenpeace climbers scale the Foreign Office in central London to unfurl a banner calling for faster action on ocean protection. The banner features a cartoon image of a turtle urging Foreign Secretary David Lammy to sign the Global Ocean Treaty into UK law ahead of a major international summit in June; The banner reads \u201c Lammy Don\u2019t Dally\u201d. Greenpeace uses the protest to highlight the slow pace of action from Lammy, who has made nature and the climate emergency a major theme of his tenure.<\/p>\n\n

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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

To see more Greenpeace Photo and Video, please visit our Media Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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