Brussels

Youth protest during the seventh annual Brussels youth climate march on February 21st, 2019, in Brussels, Belgium. Thousands of young people gathered to demand strong measures against global climate change. They were joined by Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg, who launched school strikes for climate change in her home country last year.

Youth protest during the seventh annual Brussels youth climate march on February 21st, 2019, in Brussels, Belgium.

By Pacific Standard Staff

A person in a cow costume walks near farmers in their tractors, which block Gustave-Flaubert Bridge in Rouen, France, during a demonstration on February 21st, 2018, to protest against the trade deal negotiations in Brussels between Mercosur and the European Union. The negotiations include a revision of the map of disadvantaged areas through which certain communes receive aid.

A person in a cow costume walks near farmers in their tractors, which block Gustave-Flaubert Bridge in Rouen, France, during a demonstration on February 21st, 2018.

By Pacific Standard Staff

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