Thousands demonstrate against coal mine expansion in Germany


















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Police officers push back demonstrators on the edge of the opencast lignite mine Garzweiler at the village Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 14.2/9
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People attend a protest rally at the Garzweiler opencast mining near the village Luetzerath in Erkelenz, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 14.3/9
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Police officers walk next to people who attend a protest rally at the Garzweiler opencast mining near the village Luetzerath in Erkelenz, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 14.4/9
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Police officers form a line to block demonstrators on the edge of the opencast lignite mine Garzweiler at the village Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 14.5/9
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A demonstrator in a wheelchair takes part in a protest near the opencast lignite mine Garzweiler, in the village Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 14.6/9
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People attend a protest rally at the Garzweiler opencast mining near the village Luetzerath in Erkelenz, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 14.7/9
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Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg looks on during a protest rally in Erkelenz, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 14. Ahead of a demonstration in which she takes part nearby on Saturday, Thunberg on Friday visited the tiny village of Luetzerath and took a look at the nearby Garzweiler open coal mine.8/9
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Police officers form a line to block demonstrators on the edge of the opencast lignite mine Garzweiler at the village Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 14.9/9
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Police officers block demonstrators on the edge of the opencast lignite mine Garzweiler at the village Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 14.