Across the continent throughout the day we witnessed the largest ever climate mobilisation unfold.

The attendance numbers are still being tallied – but we’re well into millions by now. It’s incredible. School kids led the way – and adults showed up to help.

But the beauty of today goes far beyond the number of people who took to the streets.

It’s about the feeling of power, of solidarity, of togetherness. It’s about our ability to stand together as people, across divides and borders. It’s about making a choice and about choosing what is right.

It’s about being brave, and bold, and about not being afraid to stand up for each other and challenge the status quo.

And it’s only just beginning.

The strikes will continue throughout the week to culminate next Friday, on the 27 September. There’s much more to come. But today was special: it showed all of us that we can be brave. We can be hopeful. We can claim the power to shift the world.

See how it happened, in highlights, and keep following the global live coverage throughout the week.

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