Major cities across the globe observed Earth Hour on Saturday night, plunging some of the world’s most renowned landmarks into darkness.
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In North America, the Empire State Building in New York City turned off its lights, along with UN headquarters and Niagara Falls in Canada. In South America, Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue was also darkened.
In Asia, various landmarks including the Shanghai Tower, Seoul Tower, Kuala Lumpur’s Twin Towers, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, Taipei’s 101 Building, some of Hong Kong’s skyscrapers, Bangkok’s Temple of Dawn, and New Delhi’s India Gate were illuminated in darkness.
In Europe, landmarks such as the Castle of Lisbon, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, parts of St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, the London Eye, and The Colosseum in Rome were also darkened.
All the cities participating marked the event at 20:30 local time.
Earth Hour is an annual campaign organized by the Worldwide Fund For Nature to raise awareness about the climate emergency.
The first Earth Hour took place in Sydney, Australia in 2007.
Since then, over 190 countries and territories have joined the initiative.
