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Photos: Youth Climate Change Demonstrations Across The World

From St. Paul, Minn., to Stockholm, Sweden, students skipped school Friday to demand decisive action on climate change. Demonstrations were called in more than 100 countries and territories.
In Santiago, Chile, thousands take part in a protest called by the "Fridays For Future" movement.

A youth movement that started with a teenager in Sweden spread across the world on Friday, evidenced by the students from London to New Delhi who skipped school to take part in demonstrations calling for action on climate change.

Sixteen-year-old kicked off the movement last summer in Sweden, gaining attention when

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