THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW OPENS IN LONDON

A visitor looks at a display of flowers during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Britain, May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public today (Tuesday). Photo by: STEFAN WERMUTH

A visitor looks at a display of flowers during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Britain, May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public today (Tuesday). Photo by: STEFAN WERMUTH

A demonstrator puts a sticker onto a placard depicting Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou under exposure to radiation, during a protest against the government’s nuclear policy in Taipei. Hundreds of protesters marched in Taipei on Sunday to protest against the government’s nuclear policy on the eve of President Ma Ying-jeou’s inauguration anniversary since he took office [...]

Students on a tour pet Greenpeace activists dressed in a polar bear costume during a demonstration, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada. Photo by: CHRIS WATTIE

Virgin Group Founder and Chairman Richard Branson (2nd R) poses with Carbon War Room’s Chief Operating Officer Peter Boyd (L), Marina Bay Sands President and Chief Executive Officer George Tanasijevich (2nd L) and Carbon War Room’s President Jose Maria Figueres during a news conference ahead of the Creating Climate Wealth Workshops Summit at the Marina [...]

A boy reacts as he stands near a model of a fish during a protest by environmental activists against overfishing outside the European Union Council in Brussels, Belgium May 13, 2013. Photo by: FRANCOIS LENOIR

Tourists are pictured walking and sunbathing on the beach next to the “Marymar” retirement home (L), which was built near the shore and closed in 2011, in Benalmadena, near Malaga, southern Spain.. Spain’s updated coastal protection law, passed on Thursday, has alarmed ecologists and opposition parties who warn that it could lead to a fresh [...]

Fishermen catch pike during a rescue operation at the intermittent lake Cerknica. Every year in autumn and spring, the lake dries up and fishermen transfer the pike to available pools of water. Photo by SRDJAN ZIVULOVIC

Two lionesses sleep on the plains of Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya. Photo by: LASZLO BALOGH

Amazon Indians from different tribes hold a meeting among themselves to discuss a government proposal to end their occupation of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam construction site, in the construction office at the dam in Vitoria do Xingu, near Altamira in Para State, Brazil. Indians from the Munduruku, Juruna, Kayapo, Xipaya, Kuruaya, Asurini, Parakana and [...]

Japanese ship Yokosuka is seen at Rio de Janeiro’s port after an expedition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilian and Japanese researchers say a granite formation deep off the coast of Brazil could be a piece of an original continent that existed before the Americas, Africa, Europe and other major land masses drifted apart. After [...]

Meal trays are pictured at the meals distribution centre for patients of the Vivantes group of hospitals, which are part of a programme aimed to prevent food wastage, in Berlin, Germany. Photo by: FABRIZIO BENSCH

Solar panels are seen in fields near Andover in southern England. Renewable energy production and infrastructure are gaining investor appeal as they become less dependent on government support in more European markets, the asset management arm of insurer Allianz saidlast week. Photo by: TOBY MELVILLE

A man wearing plastic bags holds a sign urging people to limit use of plastic, during Labour Day celebrations in Dakar, Senegal. The sign reads, “Proper Senegal – Let’s be responsible, put an end to plastic bags”. Photo by: JOE PENNEY

A woman walks past Greenpeace environmental activists dressed up as a polar bear in Prague, Czech Republic. The event is part of a campaign to raise awareness about the threats to the Arctic and to advocate a ban on drilling for oil. Photo by: DAVID W CERNY

Surinamese fifth and sixth graders race boats made of 500 plastic drink bottles to commemorate Earth Day in the Maroon village of Pikin Slee, some 200 km (124 miles) south of Paramaribo, Suriname With the growing problem of plastic litter, the project was initiated by the U.S. Peace Corps in the region and aims to [...]
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