Earth Hour 2024 – in pictures

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Earth Hour 2024 – in pictures

Major landmarks, businesses and households in cities around the world turned their lights off for one hour at 8.30pm local time on Saturday 23 March to raise awareness of the climate crrisis and show support for renewable energy

- Buckingham Palace is shown with lights switched on and off during Earth Hour in London, England.
Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters
- The Royal Liver Building is illuminated in green immediately before turning off its lights to mark Earth Hour in Liverpool, England
Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA
- The Eiffel tower during the Earth Hour environmental campaign, in Paris, France
Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images
- The Colosseum before and after the lights were switched off for Earth Hour in Rome, Italy
Photograph: Remo Casilli/Reuters
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- The ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill before and after the lights were switched off for Earth Hour in Athens, Greece
Photograph: Louiza Vradi/Reuters
- The St Alexander Nevsky cathedral before, during and after turning off of the lights for Earth Hour, in Sofia, Bulgaria
Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
- The Azadi (Freedom) tower before and after its lights are switched off during Earth Hour in Tehran, Iran
Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA
- A view of the Sudirman Central Business District with its lights switched off during Earth Hour, in Jakarta, Indonesia
Photograph: Bagus Indahono/EPA
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- The Phoenix Centre in Beijing, China. Earth Hour is a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) campaign to encourage businesses, communities and individuals to take the simple steps needed to cut their emissions
Photograph: Jade Gao/AFP/Getty Images
- Tokyo Tower illuminated and with lights turned off to mark Earth Hour in Tokyo, Japan
Photograph: Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP/Getty Images
- Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Twin Tower and KL Tower with the lights switched on and switched off for an hour to mark Earth Hour in Malaysia
Photograph: Fazry Ismail/EPA
- This combination of pictures shows the landmark building Taipei 101 in Taiwan taking part in Earth Hour
Photograph: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP/Getty Images
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- Sydney Opera House in Australia turns out its lights
Photograph: Nikki Short/Reuters
- The Turtle Tower in Hanoi, Vietnam joins the worldwide event
Photograph: Luong Thai Linh/EPA
- Namsan Tower before and after the lights were turned off in Seoul, South Korea
Photograph: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images
- A composite photo shows people standing on the bridge against Shanghai Pearl Tower and skyline before and after lights went out for one hour in Shanghai, China
Photograph: Alex Plavevski/EPA
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- The Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand goes dark
Photograph: Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters
- The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station, a UNESCO world heritage site, in Mumbai, India takes part
Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images
- The Prambanan Temple – one of the largest Hindu temples in Southeast Asia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Yogyakarta, Indonesia – in darkness, and illuminated once more
Photograph: Devi Rahman/AFP/Getty Images
- The Telangana State Secretariat building in Hyderabad, India during and after Earth hour
Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images
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- The Wisma Atria shopping mall on Orchard Road in Singapore at the end of Earth Hour
Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA