{"id":85402,"date":"2026-08-14T18:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=85402"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:40:13","slug":"greenpeace-pictures-of-the-week-2632","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/85402\/greenpeace-pictures-of-the-week-2632\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Pictures of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From protests against oil and gas in the Black Sea, to documenting drought impacts in Germany. Here are a few of our favourite images from Greenpeace work around the world this week.<\/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=\"684\" title=\"Gas and Oil Kill: Greenpeace Activists Paint Message on Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker  in the Black Sea\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b4dfa1cb-gp0su9x4d-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Greenpeace activists from five countries painted  \u201cNO GAS + OIL\u201d on the side of the abandoned tanker \u201cKairos\u201d, part of Russia\u2019s shadow fleet, anchored off the coast of Burgas, Bulgaria. The activity protested against the toxic dependence on oil and gas, which funds wars, fuels corruption, and endangers marine ecosystems and local communities.\" class=\"wp-image-85389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b4dfa1cb-gp0su9x4d-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b4dfa1cb-gp0su9x4d-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b4dfa1cb-gp0su9x4d-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b4dfa1cb-gp0su9x4d-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b4dfa1cb-gp0su9x4d.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Ruslan Vakrilov \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" title=\"Gas and Oil Kill: Greenpeace Activists Paint Message on Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker  in the Black Sea\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/31095976-gp0su9x48-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Greenpeace activists from five countries painted  \u201cNO GAS + OIL\u201d on the side of the abandoned tanker \u201cKairos\u201d, part of Russia\u2019s shadow fleet, anchored off the coast of Burgas, Bulgaria. The activity protested against the toxic dependence on oil and gas, which funds wars, fuels corruption, and endangers marine ecosystems and local communities.\" class=\"wp-image-85406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/31095976-gp0su9x48-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/31095976-gp0su9x48-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/31095976-gp0su9x48-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/31095976-gp0su9x48-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/31095976-gp0su9x48.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Ruslan Vakrilov \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddecBulgaria &#8211; Greenpeace activists from five countries painted  \u201cNO GAS + OIL\u201d on the side of the abandoned tanker \u201cKairos\u201d, part of Russia\u2019s shadow fleet, anchored off the coast of Burgas, Bulgaria. The activity protested against the toxic dependence on oil and gas, which funds wars, fuels corruption, and endangers marine ecosystems and local communities.<\/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\" title=\"Forest Site Visit in Brandenburg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9vap-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"During a forest tour in Reiersdorf, Brandenburg, Greenpeace highlights the extreme fire risk posed by pine monocultures, showing how structurally diverse mixed forests with deadwood cool the ground and naturally prevent wildfires\" class=\"wp-image-85403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9vap-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9vap-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9vap-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9vap-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9vap.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Verena Br\u00fcning \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddeaGermany &#8211; During a forest tour in Reiersdorf, Brandenburg, Greenpeace highlights the extreme fire risk posed by pine monocultures, showing how structurally diverse mixed forests with deadwood cool the ground and naturally prevent wildfires.<\/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=\"587\" title=\"Activists Rename Train Stations during Extreme Summer Heatwave in the Netherlands\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/31095976-gp0su9z4c-1024x587.jpg\" alt=\"Activists from Greenpeace Netherlands have modified the names of several train stations following yet another tropical day this summer. Stations were renamed to &#039;Hotterdam Centraal&#039;, &#039;Amsterwarm Centraal&#039;, &#039;Grillversum Media Park&#039;, and &#039;Smelthogenbosch&#039;. With temperatures soaring well above 30\u00b0C and a record number of tropical days, the campaign highlights the reality of the climate crisis caused by fossil fuels and emphasizes that these extreme weather events are no longer exceptions. The action calls on politicians to take decisive steps toward phasing out fossil energy ahead of the Climate March in Amsterdam on September 12.\" class=\"wp-image-85407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/31095976-gp0su9z4c-1024x587.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/31095976-gp0su9z4c-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/31095976-gp0su9z4c-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/31095976-gp0su9z4c-510x292.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/31095976-gp0su9z4c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 betephotography \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1Netherlands &#8211; Activists from Greenpeace Netherlands have modified the names of several train stations following yet another tropical day this summer. Stations were renamed to &#8216;Hotterdam Centraal&#8217;, &#8216;Amsterwarm Centraal&#8217;, &#8216;Grillversum Media Park&#8217;, and &#8216;Smelthogenbosch&#8217;. With temperatures soaring well above 30\u00b0C and a record number of tropical days, the campaign highlights the reality of the climate crisis caused by fossil fuels and emphasizes that these extreme weather events are no longer exceptions. The action calls on politicians to take decisive steps toward phasing out fossil energy ahead of the Climate March in Amsterdam on September 12.<\/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\" title=\"Action Brings Oxygen Depletion Crisis to the Surface and Raises a Red Flag for Fish - Vejle Fjord\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9ypx-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Danish fjords, lakes and coastal waters are plagued by oxygen depletion due to decades of pollution from industrial pig farming. Greenpeace Nordic is on an expedition to measure and document the extent of the problem, as well as nitrogen pollution, which originates mainly from pig manure spread onto the fields.\" class=\"wp-image-85404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9ypx-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9ypx-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9ypx-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9ypx-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9ypx.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Christian \u00c5slund \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0Denmark &#8211; Danish fjords, lakes and coastal waters are plagued by oxygen depletion due to decades of pollution from industrial pig farming. Greenpeace Nordic is on an expedition to measure and document the extent of the problem, as well as nitrogen pollution, which originates mainly from pig manure spread onto the fields.<\/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\" title=\"Low Water Level in River Rhine in Germany 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9xt2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Drought impacts Rhine River&#039;s water level in Germany. The river Rhine with a very low water level, here in Cologne.\" class=\"wp-image-85405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9xt2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9xt2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9xt2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9xt2-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/08\/b050e17a-gp0su9xt2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Bernd Lauter \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddeaGermany &#8211; Drought impacts Rhine River&#8217;s water level in Germany. The river Rhine shown here with a very low water level in Cologne.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To see more Greenpeace photos and videos, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/media.greenpeace.org\">Media Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From protests against oil and gas in the Black Sea, to documenting drought impacts in Germany. 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