{"id":86316,"date":"2026-10-09T12:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=86316"},"modified":"2026-10-09T12:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:36:13","slug":"greenpeace-pictures-of-the-week-4126","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/86316\/greenpeace-pictures-of-the-week-4126\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Pictures of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fighting plastic pollution with Muay Thai in Bangkok, holding the line at 1.5\u00b0 in Fiji, and camping out for fair housing in Madrid, 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=\"683\" title=\"Plastic Treaty: Action at HODs Meeting in Bangkok\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/eb4a6235-gp0suafpx-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Greenpeace Thailand activists with a Muay Thai fighter stage a symbolic action outside the United Nations office in Bangkok, where Heads of Delegation (HODs) from Member States meet. \nThe action symbolises the need to \u201ctackle\u201d plastic pollution at its source and calls on governments to put cuts in plastic production at the heart of a strong Global Plastics Treaty.\" class=\"wp-image-86324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/eb4a6235-gp0suafpx-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/eb4a6235-gp0suafpx-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/eb4a6235-gp0suafpx-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/eb4a6235-gp0suafpx-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/eb4a6235-gp0suafpx.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Tadchakorn  Kitchaiphon \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded Thailand &#8211; Greenpeace Thailand activists with a Muay Thai fighter stage a symbolic action outside the United Nations office in Bangkok, where Heads of Delegation (HODs) from Member States are meeting. <br>The action symbolises the need to \u201cfight\u201d plastic pollution at its source and calls on governments to put cuts in plastic production at the heart of a strong Global Plastics Treaty.<\/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=\"Concert and Protest Against Compulsory Military Service and Unchecked Rearmament in Berlin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suaike-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Under the motto &quot;Unzwingbar - kein Bock auf Krieg und Wehrpflicht&quot; (&quot;Indomitable - No Interest in War and Conscription&quot;), a rally featuring music acts such as K.I.Z., Disarstar, Apsilon, and others takes place at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Together with a broad coalition of youth, peace, and civil society organizations, Greenpeace is calling for demonstrations against a potential reintroduction of compulsory military service and increasing militarization. The event focuses on the consequences of these policies for young people, as well as the demand for a security policy that does not rely solely on ever-increasing defense spending.\nThe program is complemented by speeches from representatives of peace and youth organizations. A representative of the Greenpeace Youth also speaks on why a potential return to military conscription is currently unnecessary from a security policy perspective.\" class=\"wp-image-86319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suaike-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suaike-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suaike-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suaike-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suaike.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\uddea Germany &#8211; Greenpeace Germany speaks out against a potential reintroduction of compulsory military service and increasing militarisation in Germany, at a live concert and event in Berlin. The event focuses on the consequences of these policies for young people, as well as the demand for a security policy that does not rely solely on ever-increasing defence spending.<\/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=\"Pacific Pre-COP Flotilla with SV Oceania and Traditional Canoes in Nadi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suaj87-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Around 80 people including Pacific and Torres Strait community members, Elders and youth activists travelled as part of a colourful flotilla past the Pre-COP venues with a message for leaders: \u2018Keep 1.5\u00b0C Alive\u2019.\nMessaging on outrigger canoes and banners said \u2018Hold the Line at 1.5\u00b0C\u2019 and \u2018Keep 1.5\u00b0C Alive\u2019 \u2014 a reminder to leaders at the Pre-COP climate summit in Nadi, Fiji that the climate limit established under the Paris Agreement is a non-negotiable survival line for humanity.\nAustralia will take the reins of COP31 Negotiations in T\u00fcrkiye in November and is facing calls to stop expansing fossil fuels.\" class=\"wp-image-86323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suaj87-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suaj87-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suaj87-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suaj87-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suaj87.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Bianca Vitale<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddef Fiji &#8211;  Around 80 people including Pacific and Torres Strait community members, Elders and youth activists travelled as part of a colourful flotilla past the Pre-COP venues with a message for leaders: \u2018Keep 1.5\u00b0C Alive\u2019 &#8211; a reminder to leaders at the Pre-COP climate summit in Nadi, Fiji that the climate limit established under the Paris Agreement is a non-negotiable survival line for humanity.<\/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 Fire Prevention Team Holds Peaceful Protest in Palembang\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suajdo-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Members of Greenpeace Indonesia Forest Fires Prevent Team (Tim Cegah Api) hold posters and banners during a protest over wildfire haze affecting Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, October 7, 2026. Haze has covered the city for nearly two months, with air pollution reaching hazardous levels. The haze has also affected air quality in Singapore and Malaysia.\" class=\"wp-image-86320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suajdo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suajdo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suajdo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suajdo-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suajdo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Abriansyah Liberto \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\udde9 Indonesia &#8211; Members of Greenpeace Indonesia Forest Fires Prevent Team (Tim Cegah Api) hold posters and banners during a protest over wildfire haze affecting Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Haze has covered the city for nearly two months, with air pollution reaching hazardous levels. The haze has also affected air quality in Singapore and Malaysia.<\/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=\"\u201cNo 50\u00b0C Summers!\u201d Climate Protest in Switzerland\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suafp8-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Greenpeace is marching through Zurich alongside approximately 7,000 other people, calling for \u201cNo 50\u00b0C summers!\u201d Under the coalition\u2019s name, more than 70 organizations from civil society and the climate, health, environmental, and agricultural sectors are demanding immediate and effective measures to combat heat and protect the climate.\" class=\"wp-image-86317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suafp8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suafp8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suafp8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suafp8-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suafp8.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Marc Meier \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddedSwitzerland &#8211; Greenpeace is marching through Zurich alongside approximately 7,000 other people, calling for \u201cNo 50\u00b0C summers!\u201d Under the coalition\u2019s name, more than 70 organisations from civil society and the climate, health, environmental, and agricultural sectors are demanding immediate and effective measures to combat heat and protect the climate.<\/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=\"Sit-in for the Right to Decent housing at Puerta del Sol, Madrid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suafxz-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Sit-in for the right to decent housing at Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain.\" class=\"wp-image-86318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suafxz-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suafxz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suafxz-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suafxz-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suafxz.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Olmo Calvo<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Spain &#8211; Greenpeace Spain participates in a sit-in for the right to decent housing at Puerta del Sol, Madrid.<\/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=\"Flooding in Chachoengsao, Thailand\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suai8p-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Greenpeace Thailand staff and volunteers support communities affected by severe flooding in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. The flooding, which began affecting the province on 25 September, has impacted 11 districts and more than 23,790 households.\n\nWhile communities in Chachoengsao are already facing the impacts of extreme weather and the climate crisis, a new 540 MW fossil gas power plant, the Burapha Power project, is planned in the province. Local communities have raised concerns about its potential impacts on water resources and air pollution, as well as the additional greenhouse gas emissions that would contribute to the climate crisis.\n\nGreenpeace Thailand calls on major polluters to take responsibility for the climate impacts they have contributed to, and urges the Thai government to stop further fossil fuel expansion and accelerate a just transition to renewable energy.\" class=\"wp-image-86321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suai8p-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suai8p-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suai8p-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suai8p-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/20095dd2-gp0suai8p.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Chanklang  Kanthong \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded Thailand &#8211; Greenpeace Thailand staff and volunteers support communities affected by severe flooding in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. The flooding, which began affecting the province on 25 September, has impacted 11 districts and more than 23,790 households.<\/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\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighting plastic pollution with Muay Thai in Bangkok, holding the line at 1.5\u00b0 in Fiji, and camping out for fair housing in Madrid, here are a few of our favourite images from Greenpeace work around the world this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":86320,"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_seo_meta_title":"","p4_seo_meta_description":"","p4_campaign_name":"","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[141],"p4-page-type":[59],"class_list":["post-86316","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\/86316","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=86316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86325,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86316\/revisions\/86325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86316"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=86316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}