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Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists have been arrested as protests take place across the globe.
Thirty people were charged with committing offences in Sydney after hundreds blocked a road, while more than 100 were arrested in Amsterdam.
Demonstrations have taken place in countries including Germany, Spain, Austria, France and New Zealand.
Protests by climate change activists are expected in some 60 cities over the next two weeks.
The group is also causing disruption in London, where more than 200 people were arrested on Monday.
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Extinction Rebellion wants governments to take immediate and drastic action to address climate change.
"We have tried petitions, lobbying and marches, and now time is running out," Australian activist Jane Morton told the AFP news agency.
"We have no choice but to rebel until our government declares a climate and ecological emergency and takes the action that is required to save us."
Australia's government has been criticised for its lack of action in tackling climate change but it insists that it is doing its part to reduce global carbon emissions.
The country's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said last week that names and photos of Extinction Rebellion protesters should be widely distributed to "shame" them.
What's been happening and where?
- In Sydney, protesters staged a sit-in on a main road. Hundreds were pulled away from the scene and 30 of them were charged. Australians have also been protesting in Melbourne and Brisbane
- There were a handful of arrests in New Zealand, where activists surrounded the government building in Wellington that houses the ministry granting oil and gas drilling permits
- More than 100 were arrested in Amsterdam after they erected a tent camp on the main road outside the Rijksmuseum, the Dutch national museum
- Arrests were made in New York after protesters poured fake blood over the Wall Street charging bull statue as part of a staged "die-in"
- Activists blocked traffic in Berlin, where authorities have said they will refrain from making arrests for the time being
- In Paris, 1,000 activists backed by the yellow-vest anti-government movement have reportedly occupied a shopping centre
Almost 150 activists have already been detained in London, with organisers vowing to shut down key sites in the city including the Houses of Parliament and Trafalgar Square.
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