World Environment Day
World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations to encourage worldwide awareness and action for the environment.
- A young ragpicker floats on an inflated tube as he searches for recycled materials in the polluted waters of River Kuakhai on World Environment Day on the outskirts of eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India, Friday, June 5, 2015. The World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)
- An Indian woman searches for reusable material at a garbage dumping site on World Environment Day in Gauhati, India, Friday, June 5, 2015. The World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- Indian studentss of Mar Athanasius HS Kakkanad watch prior to a trained elephant handing out a sapling with its trunk, marking the World Environment Day in Kakkanad in Kochi on June 5, 2015. (AFP Photo/P /afp/getty )
- Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik gives the final touches to his sand sculpture featuring four top world leaders – Chinese President, (L), US President Barack Obama, (2L), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi amidst the branches of a tree on the eve of World Environment Day at Puri beach, some 65 kms from Bhubaneswar on June 4, 2015. (AFP Photo/Asit Kumara)
- Salvadoreans participate in an ecological walk to protest against the exploitation of the environment, in San Salvador, on June 04, 2015. The protest involving several environmental organizations, was set up in the framework of the World Environment Day held each June 5. (AFP Photo/Marvin Recinos)
- Visitors to the World Environment Day program organized by the Karnataka Government peek through the photo slot of “Garb Busters”, the mascot for a litter-free city in Bangalore on June 5, 2015. (Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian schoolchildren wearing face masks pose for a photograph during before the start of an event to spread awareness of the problem of air pollution in New Delhi on June 4, 2015, on the eve of World Environment Day. The Indian government is under intense pressure to act after the World Health Organization last year declared New Delhi the world’s most polluted capital. At least 3,000 people die prematurely every year in the city because of air pollution, according to a joint study by Boston-based Health Effects Institute and Delhi’s Energy Resources Institute. World Environment Day is marked annually on June 5. (AFP Photo/Money Sharma )
- Children pose during a briefing as advocates for children’s health gather at a government public school in Manila on June 4, 2015 to mark the World Environment Day, with a common plea for paint companies to accelerate the removal of lead, a brain-damaging toxic chemical, as 2016 phase-out deadline for leaded decorative paint approaches. Environmentalist EcoWast Coalition says that eliminating lead paint in the market will contribute to reducing children’s exposure to lead in paint and dust and promote a conducive environment for children to safely live, grow, learn and play. (AFP Photo/Jay Directo)
- Indian activists carry placards during an environment awareness campaign in Siliguri on June 5, 2015, on the occasion of World Environment Day. Social activists, along with school children, took part in the rally to raise awareness of the environment, as well as the use of mosquito nets and fresh drinking water. (AFP Photo/Diptendu Dutta)
- Indian school children walk under a mosquito net during an environment awareness campaign in Siliguri on June 5, 2015, on the occasion of World Environment Day. Social activists, along with school children, took part in the rally to raise awareness of the environment, as well as the use of mosquito nets and fresh drinking water. (AFP Photo/Diptendu Dutta)
- Indian women activists carry water pots during an environment awareness campaign in Siliguri on June 5, 2015, on the occasion of World Environment Day. Social activists, along with school children, took part in the rally to raise awareness of the environment, as well as the use of mosquito nets and fresh drinking water. (AFP Photo/Diptendu Dutta)
- An Indian woman worker sorts used plastic bottles at a recycling unit in Mumbai, India, Friday, June 5, 2015. The World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
- Homeless children sit on boats alongside cattle in a slum area of Lahore on June 5, 2015, the World Environment Day. World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5 with the objective to raise global awareness among the common people for global environmental concerns. (AFP Photo/Arif Ali)
- Indian students carry placards during a rally on World Environment Day in Hyderabad on June 5, 2015. World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5 with the objective to raise awareness among people for global environmental concerns. (Noah SeelamAFP/Getty Images)
- A young India girl is dressed in an outfit made of plastic wrappers of various consumables during the World Environment Day program organized by the Karnataka Government peek through the photo slot of “Garb Busters”, the mascot for a litter-free city in Bangalore on June 5, 2015. (Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian schoolchildren dressed as trees take part in an event to highlight environmental issues on the eve of World Environment Day in Amritsar on June 4, 2015. World Environment Day is marked annually on June 5. (Nanu Narinder/AFP/Getty Images)
- Visitors to the World Environment Day program organized by the Karnataka Government peek through the photo slot of “Garb Busters”, the mascot for a litter-free city in Bangalore on June 5, 2015. (Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images)
- A private guard tries to prevent protesters from surging towards the gates of DMCI, a construction and mining company, to deliver a petition letter during a rally to coincide with World Environment Day, Friday, June 5, 2015 at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines. The protesters, in their statement, scored the company over the disappearance of tribal leader John Calaba and issues of environmental destruction such as mining inside the indigenous people’s areas in southern Philippines and building a coal-powered plant that allegedly pollute the environment. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
- Pakistani rag-pickers search for recycleable items at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Lahore on June 5, 2015, the World Environment Day. World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5 with the objective to raise global awareness among the common people for global environmental concerns. (AFP Photo/Arif Ali)
- A row of shanty homes sits atop a sea of garbage on World Environment Day in Manila on June 5, 2015. Poverty and a lack of urban planning has been blamed for pollution in the Philippine capital city of 12 million people. (AFP Photo/Jay Directo)