COP15 Street Riots, by Photojournalist Christian Als [GREAT PHOTOJOURNALISM]

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COP15 Street Riots (2009) (15) photos, uploaded : December 26, 2009 © Photojournalist Christian Als
Whenever activists demonstrated during the COP15 United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen in december, they were met by heavy police presence. With slogans like ‘Don’t Buy The Lie’, 'Climate Justice Now' and 'REclaim The Streets' environmentalists and activists demonstrated over the world for a global climate agreement. The longest demonstration brought together a six kilometer long march from Christiansborg to the Bella Center with an estimated 100.000 participants. I covered all demonstrations and this is a random selection of my images of environmentalists and activists in the streets of my city, while the world's leaders failed in Bella Center.