‘The wrong Amazon is burning’: These are some of the most powerful global climate strike signs

These are the signs of our times.

Young people and adults around the world skipped school and work for the global climate strike on Friday, which is expected to be the largest such demonstration to date with 4,638 events scheduled in 139 countries.

Sixteen-year-old Swedish climate advocate Greta Thunberg and other “Fridays for Future” activists organized the worldwide walkout to raise awareness about climate change. The Fridays for Future site says that “with the worsening climate destruction this goal of going to school begins to be pointless. Why study for a future, which may not be there?”