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Thousands of people gathered in Paris to participate in the Red Lines protest, near the Arc de Triomphe, and the D12 rally at the Champs de Mars. In a peaceful manner they demanded for Climate Justice and a fruitful agreement at COP 21.

Red Lines protest in paris. In the Background the Arch of Triumph.

Members of communities affected by climate change speak out against abuse of the governments and the oil companies destroying their ancestral lands.

Members of communities affected by climate change speak out against abuse of the governments and the oil companies destroying their ancestral lands.

Members of organizations conduct demonstrations in front of the media at the protest 'Red Lines'.

Members of organizations conduct demonstrations in front of the media at the protest 'Red Lines'.

Red Lines activity in Paris.

Members of the Global Alliance for Incineration Alternatives (GAIA) pose for a photo at the Eiffel Tower.

Thousands of people form a S.O.S. Champs de Mars, Paris. In the background, Eiffel Tower.

Activist makes a protest, which simulates eat dollars.

A person raises his hands after protest 'D12' in Champs de Mars, Paris.

Thousands of people form a S.O.S. Champs de Mars, Paris. In the background, Eiffel Tower.

Shiites in Duraz, Bahrain staged a march through the village to mark Quds Day.

Protesters in Syntagma Square outside Greek Parliament Building.

April 14, 2015
Baghdad, Iraq
A large funeral procession took place in Baghdad for Zaid Jasim, a commander of the Nujaba Movement Shiite militia, who was killed in clashes with ISIS in Tikrit.
Video shows Zaid Jasim's coffin being carried on the back of a car at the front of the procession and crowds of mourners and many vehicles stopping the traffic on a busy road, playing military-style music and flying yellow Nujaba Movement flags.
The Nubaja Movement is one of the Shiite militias who make up al-Hashid al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) and are fighting against ISIS in the western and northern Iraqi provinces.

As the Land Day action is brought to an abrupt halt in Wadi Fukin, the majority of the 350 olive tree saplings remain unplanted outside a house in the village after activists were forced to escape from clouds of tear gas that was fired by Israeli soldiers.
Wadi Fukin, West Bank, Palestine. March 30 2015.

A Palestinian child watches from a rooftop in Wadi Fukin as Israeli soldiers fire rounds of tear gas at fleeing activists during a tree planting event to mark Land Day. In the background stands the huge Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit which is built partly on the land of Wadi Fukin.
Wadi Fukin, West Bank, Palestine. March 30 2015.

Two elderly Palestinian women attempt to make their way down the hill in Wadi Fukin to escape from the tear gas that is being fired by Israeli forces.
Wadi Fukin, West Bank, Palestine. March 30 2015.

An Israeli security helicopter circles above Wadi Fukin during the olive tree planting event to commemorate Palestinian Land Day on March 30th 2015.
Wadi Fukin, West Bank, Palestine. March 30 2015.

Israeli soldiers line up on a hill top in Wadi Fukin as Palestinian activists watch from a distance during an olive tree planting event to commemorate Land Day in the Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin.
Wadi Fukin, West Bank, Palestine. March 30 2015.

350 olive trees were brought to Wadi Fukin to be planted on the lands threatened by settlement expansion.
Wadi Fukin, West Bank, Palestine, March 30 2105.

Activists make their way up a hill toward land that is threatened by the expansion of the Sur Haddasah settlement. In the background, the huge Beitar Illit settlement is also built on the land of Wadi Fukin.
Wadi Fukin, West Bank, Palestine, March 30 2015.

In the West Bank village of Wadi Fukin, an olive tree planting event is underway with local activists and refugees from Bethlehem's refugee camps to commemorate Land Day on March 30th 2015.
Wadi Fukin, West Bank, Palestine. March 30 2015.

Activists flee as Israeli forces rain tear gas down on them. The tear gas stopped the olive tree planting event being held to commemorate Land Day in the Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin.
Wadi Fukin, West Bank, Palestine. March 30 2015.

A Palestinian youth raises a Palestinian flag from the top of settlement construction machinery within the construction site that is expanding the Israeli settlement of Sur Hadassah. Sur Hadassah is located on the land of the West Bank Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin and the land of the pre-Nakba Palestinian village of Ras Abu Ammar.
Wadi Fukin/Ras Abu Ammar, West Bank/Green Line, Palestine. March 30 2015.

A small group of activists reach the construction site on the top of the hill in which Sur Hadassah settlement is being further expanded.
Wadi Fukin/Ras Abu Ammar, West Bank/Green Line, Palestinel. March 30 2015.

An elderly Palestinian women plants an olive tree sapling on land of the village of Wadi Fukin, which is threatened with confiscation by the expansion of the Sur Hadassah Jewish settlement.
Wadi Fukin, West Bank, Palestine. March 30 2015.

On 21 March dozens of Syrian Kurds in Qamishli celebrated the Nowruz, the beginning of the Kurdish New Year.
Since both militias have been engaged in a decisive and difficult battle to drive ISIS from northeast Syria, symbols of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) militias were widely present during the celebration.
Qamishli is controlled by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), the political wing of the YPG and YPJ, and has declared autonomy over majority Syrian Kurdish areas that are collectively known in Kurdish as Rojava.

Young Kurdish men and women perform a traditional dance during a celebration of the Nowruz in Qamishli, Syria. The Nowruz has nationalist as well as cultural significance for Kurds around the world.

Young Kurdish women perform a traditional dance during a celebration of the Nowruz in Qamishli. Syrian Kurds were not allowed to celebrate the Nowruz in public before the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in 2011.

Young Kurdish women and men perform a traditional dance during a celebration of the Nowruz in Qamishli. Qamishli is part of a de-facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria, controlled by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD).

Young Kurdish women carry torches during a celebration of the Nowruz in Qamishli, Syria. Kurdish women have had a large role fighting in the ranks of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) militia against ISIS.

A young Syrian Kurd carries a torch during a Nowruz celebration in Qamishli.

A Kurdish girl stands during a minute of silence in remembrance of fallen Kurdish fighters.

Young Kurdish men and women march during a celebration of the Nowruz in Qamishli.

Young Kurdish men and women carry torches and Kurdish flags during a celebration of the Nowruz in Qamishli.

Young Kurdish women are pictured during a celebration of the Nowruz in Qamishli.

Young Kurdish women are pictured during a celebration of the Nowruz in Qamishli.

Young Kurdish men march during a celebration of the Nowruz in Qamishli.

A Kurdish woman carries a torch during a celebration of the Nowruz in Qamishli.