In India, World Environment Day acknowledged
The World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment.
- Indian ragpickers wait to collect recyclable materials as a truck prepares to unload garbage at a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- An Indian ragpicker boy searches for recyclable material amid Greater Adjutant stork birds and cows at a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- Toxic froth from industrial pollution floats on Bellundur Lake on World Environment Day, in Bangalore, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. The World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations to stimulate global awareness on environmental issues. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
- An Indian garbage collector sits beside heaps of plastic bottles on World Environment Day in Allahabad, India, Monday, June 5,2017. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
- An Indian ragpicker boy searches for recyclable material amid Greater Adjutant stork birds and cows at a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- Sanuwara Beghum, an Indian ragpicker woman smiles to the camera as she looks for recyclable material at a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- An Indian ragpicker boy searches for recyclable material as Greater Adjutant stork birds sit at a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- Toxic froth from industrial pollution and a wooden plank float on Bellundur Lake on World Environment Day, in Bangalore, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. The World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations to stimulate global awareness on environmental issues. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
- Indian men walk through a water canal polluted with plastic and other garbage in Mumbai, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks the World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
- An Indian boy tries to collect copper wires with a rope from a water canal polluted with plastic and other garbage in Mumbai, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks the World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
- Indian laundry workers dry clothes near a polluted pond on World Environment Day in Gauhati, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)
- An Indian ragpicker woman runs behind a dumper truck that arrives to unload garbage at a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- An Indian man works at a electronic waste recycling shop on World Environment Day in Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)
- Indian child eats bread near a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- An Indian ragpicker man ties a net full of plastic bottles on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- Indian laborers bring loads of bamboo through the River Brahmaputra to a whole sale bamboo market by the river in Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- An Indian ragpicker boy searches for recyclable material as Greater Adjutant stork birds sit at a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- A Greater Adjutant stork sits as a cow feeds from a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- Indian ragpicker women throng to collect recyclable materials as a truck prepares unloads garbage at a dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- 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)
- 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 man carries goods in a home-made modified motorized vehicle in New Delhi, 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/Manish Swarup)
- 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)
- An Indian ragpicker woman walks searching for recyclable materials at a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)