Earth Day 2020
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Environmentalists hold banners during an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day against climate change in Seoul, South Korea, today. The Korean letters on top read: "Everyday climate action."
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Poland Regional High School students, Mia Turkington, left, and Olivia Ouellette pick up trash along Route 121 in Poland, Maine on National Earth Day today. "The worst so far are the full diapers that are soggy and gross."said Ouellette. They were joined by a dozen more volunteers who got together via social media to coordinate a volunteer effort to help clean the streets in their town.
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Staff from the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital lower "Aldo Leopold," a 100-pound juvenile green sea turtle, to the beach to be released into the Atlantic Ocean today in Marathon, Fla. The turtle was rescued by the hospital team in late February after being discovered floating offshore, unable to dive. Wednesday's release coincided with the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.4/7
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A baby horned owl is seen perched on a tree today in Cockeysville, Md. Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and observance that helped spur activism against air and water pollution and disappearing plants and animals, but ongoing challenges remain throughout the world.
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in a tree planting ceremony to celebrate Earth Day, on the South Lawn of the White House today in Washington.
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A ship strings lies at the dried out Elbe river bed during a long time of drought in front of the old town skyline at the international Earth Day in Dresden, eastern Germany, today.
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Environmental activist Greta Thunberg talks via video link with Professor of Environmental Science Johan Rockstrom in Germany, during a live chat on International Earth Day where they discussed the coronavirus pandemic and the environment, at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, today.
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