Children may have skipped school to campaign on climate change - but taught a lesson or two on how to write a protest banner
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Students protesting inaction on climate change at Martin Place, Sydney, Australia.
Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
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The thousands of children who left class on Friday to protest inaction on climate change brought with them a dazzling array of protest banners and posters.
Here are some of the best – from the streets and from social media.
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| Martin Place, Sydney. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian |
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| Loving this sign at the Melbourne #ClimateStrike.
Moira Cully Twitter
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| Marc Stears Twitter |
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| Martin Place, Sydney. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian |
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| Martin Place, Sydney. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian |
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| Kids message to @ScottMorrisonMP #stopadani #climatestrike. Holly Creenaune Twitter |
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Hundreds of school children on the steps of SA's Parliament House protesting government
inaction on climate change. @abcadelaide #schoolstrike4climate #adelaide #climatestrike
Malcolm Sutton Twitter
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| Another one at Martin Place, Sydney, Australia. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images |
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My favourite sign today from Alex & Eden: “This can’t wait till I’m bigger.”
Nita Alexander Twitter
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Crowds are gathering in front of the Old Treasury
Building for today’s #ClimateStrike @abcmelbourne
Andie Noonan Twitter
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| Martin Place, Sydney. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian |
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| Martin Place, Sydney. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian |
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| It’s brilliance is in it’s simplicity. #climatestrike
Ira Snave Twitter
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| Martin Place, Sydney. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian |
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| Clean up our planet, it's not Uranus. #climatestrike School Strike 4 Climate Twitter |
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| This is what democracy looks like #CLIMATESTRIKE School Strike 4 Climate Twitter |
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| Hundreds of Central Vic kids heading to #StrikeForClimate. Claire Flanagan-Smit Twitter |
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| I’ll let the kids answer this one: pic.twitter.com/Q8tmE6QBA7. Claire Flanagan-Smit Twitter |
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