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In Pictures: 'Earth Day Around the World'
By James Wray Apr 23, 2010, 0:12 GMT
A combination view of the Old City walls of Jerusalem on 22 April 2010 before and after the lights illuminating the wall are turned off for one hour, marking Earth Day. The 40th annual commemoration of Earth Day is marked around the world today in various ways to illustrate saving and conserving energy. Earth Day is celebrated around the world annually on 22 April to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the earth's environment. On Earth Day individuals as well as environmental groups take action to raise awareness of and political attention to environmental issues such as pollution, global warming and climate change, and to encourage public endeavour for a clean environment. Earth Day which was founded by by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in 1970 celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2010. According to the official website: 'Earth Day 2010 can be a turning point to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs.' EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
Two children attend a parade to conmemorate the World Earth Day in San Salvador, El Salvador, 22 April 2010. Earth Day is celebrated around the world annually on 22 April to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the earth's environment. On Earth Day individuals as well as environmental groups take action to raise awareness of and political attention to environmental issues such as pollution, global warming and climate change, and to encourage public endeavour for a clean environment. Earth Day which was founded by by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in 1970 celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2010. According to the official website: 'Earth Day 2010 can be a turning point to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs.' EPA/ROBERTO ESCOBAR
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past a multi-media environmental presentation that is projected on the Old City walls of Jerusalem on 22 April 2010 as Earth Day is marked by turning off the lights illuminating the Old City walls for one hour. The man was walking into the Old city at the Jaffa Gate. EPA/MIRIAM ALSTER ISRAEL OUT .
A view of the stage during the open-air free concert Nat Geo Music Live to mark Earth Day in Rome, Italy, 22 April 2010. British band Morcheeba and the Italian singer Pino Daniele play at the event. EPA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI
A woman walks at the JJ Dessalines Boulevard near a canal covered with garbage where cleaning work is taking place as te world celebrates the Earth Day, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 22 April 2010. EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES
Jordanian school students stick empty cans on a tree mural at Sahab Trafic Park in Sahab city, 20 km south east of Jordanian capital Amman, 22 April 2010. US embassy in Jordan hosts a cleanup campaign for school children at Sahab traffic park. The students worked with students from the College of Arts and Design at University of Jordan to transform garbage into artwork which is going on display in the park to mark the celebration of the Earth Day 2010. It is 40 years since the first Earth Day was marked. The aim of the movement is to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. EPA/JAMAL NASRALLAH
Members of an Indian radio channel wear oxygen masks and hold placards to educate commuters on the road during an awareness campaign on the occasion of World Earth Day in Bhopal, 22 April 2010. It is 40 years since the first Earth Day was marked. The aim of the movement is to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. EPA/SANJEEV GUPTA
Jordanian school students stick empty cans on a tree mural at Sahab Trafic Park in Sahab city, 20 km south east of Jordanian capital Amman, 22 April 2010. US embassy in Jordan hosts a cleanup campaign for school children at Sahab traffic park. The students worked with students from the College of Arts and Design at University of Jordan to transform garbage into artwork which is going on display in the park to mark the celebration of the Earth Day 2010. It is 40 years since the first Earth Day was marked. The aim of the movement is to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. EPA/JAMAL NASRALLAH
Kerri-Ann Jones, US Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (2-L) is greeted by students duing her visit at Viet Duc high school to celebrate Earth Day in Hanoi, Vietnam 22 April 2010. Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22, is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment. EPA/LUONG THAI LINH
Sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik gives finishing touches to a sand sculpture made on the eve of ‘World Earth Day’ at the Golden sea beach Puri, about 65 km from the Bhubaneswar city, India, 21 April 2010. Earth Day is celebrated around the world annually on 22 April to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the earth's environment. On Earth Day individuals as well as environmental groups take action to raise awareness of and political attention to environmental issues such as pollution, global warming and climate change, and to encourage public endeavour for a clean environment. EPA/STR
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