Here, we round up seven striking images that sum up our world in 2018. The Swedish teenager was striking from school in order to raise awareness about climate change, inspiring tens of thousands of other students to stage similar protests around the world. In December, Thunberg spoke at the U.N. climate change summit, telling world leaders: “You are not mature enough to tell it like is. At the start of 2018, Cape Town residents were warned they were likely to run out of water in coming months. The aim is to put pressure on those in power to do more about climate change while increasing public awareness of the environmental crises.

Source: Huffington Post December 20, 2018 10:41 UTC