World Environment Day 2022: This is what celebrations looked like in India
Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year to raise awareness about climate change
June 5, 2022 17:17 IST
1 / 11Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year to raise awareness about climate change and the degrading environmental conditions, thereby encouraging people around the world to take action. Take a look at these pictures of how people in India marked the day. (Photo: Getty/Thinkstock)
2 / 11This year, with Sweden as the host country, the slogan for World Environment Day is 'Only One Earth', which focuses on living sustainably in harmony with nature. A 3D projection and illumination was seen at Delhi's Safdarjung Tomb on the eve of World Environment Day. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
3 / 11The image of a dinosaur was projected on the façade of the historical monument, along with the words #DontChooseExtinction. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
4 / 11In Kolkata's Shyambazar, an NGO called Sangbedan carried out an awareness act on the eve of World Environment Day, highlighting the urgency of the matter and the reality of climate change. (Express photo by Partha Paul)
5 / 11Participants were seen wearing skull masks to denote cataclysm and dystopia, carrying plants in a bottle, connected with a tube and attached to their masks, thereby suggesting that depleting green covers could signal doom unless we act fast. (Express photo by Partha Paul)
6 / 11Dhanbad: Students belonging to coal mining families during an awareness campaign, on World Environment Day, near Jharia coalfield in Dhanbad. (PTI Photo)
7 / 11New Delhi: 3D projection and illumination on Qutub Minar by UNDP, on the eve of World Environment Day. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)
8 / 11Nagpur: Girls paint their faces with the message of saving the environment, on the eve of the World Environment Day. (PTI Photo)
9 / 11Moradabad: Students participate in a yoga programme organised to create awareness for environmental cleanliness, on the eve of World Environment Day. (PTI Photo)
10 / 11Puri: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture on the eve of World Environment Day. (PTI Photo)
11 / 11Puri: Sand artist Manas Sahoo creates a sand sculpture on the eve of World Envoirnment Day. (PTI Photo)
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