Images across the globe on World Environment Day
The COVID-19 crisis has exposed how the health of people and nature is intertwined, and protecting the planet, its climate and ecosystems will be crucial to preventing further pandemics, the U.N. chief and political leaders said on Friday. In a video statement for World Environment Day, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said humans had been harming the natural world “to our own detriment”.
An eagle flies over the polluted waters of Babdemb lake on World Environmental Day in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.Mukhtar Khan/The Associated Press
Workers clean up trash at a beach during World Environment Day in West Aceh, Aceh Province.ANTARA FOTO/Reuters
Biotechnician, Mendie Moses, attends to seedlings at the Biocrops Biotechnology company, during World Environment Day, in Abuja, Nigeria.AFOLABI SOTUNDE/Reuters
A white heron stands between dumped plastic bottles and waste on the bank of the river Sava on World Environment Day, in Belgrade, Serbia.Darko Vojinovic/The Associated Press
Ehiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed plants a tree during the tree-planting ceremony of his iniciative project to plant five billion trees during this year's rainy season in Hawassa.MICHAEL TEWELDE/AFP/Getty Images
Women water seedlings at a nursery outside of Buee, about 100km from Addis Ababa, in southern Ethiopia.MICHAEL TEWELDE/AFP/Getty Images
Municipal workers take part in a beach clean-up effort to remove waste and garbage on the United Nations' World Environment Day at Mount Lavinia on the outskirts of Colombo.LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images
A worker collects recyclable garbage including cans, plastic trays and plastic or glass bottles on the street during a waste collection service operated by a local government, on World Environment Day, in Tokyo, Japan.ISSEI KATO/Reuters
Skiers and snowboarders return to the slopes at Arapahoe Basin in Dillon, Colorado.Matthew Stockman/Getty Images
An aerial drone view shows South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida.Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images
Morning traffic on Highway 580 near Livermore, California.MAX WHITTAKER/The New York Times News Service
Austin Tarry uses steam to clean kayaks at Deep Cove Kayak in North Vancouver.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press
A man and his son walk along the boardwalk as the beach at Oka provincial park re-opens in Montreal.Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press
Storm clouds are seen past a person riding their bike on the beach at Mooney's Bay Park in Ottawa.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
People practice physical distancing as they enjoy the hot weather at Sugar Beach during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press