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Indigenous demonstrators gather outside the venue for the COP30 UN climate change conference in Belem, Brazil. [Anderson Coelho/Reuters]
Dozens of Indigenous protesters tried on November 11, 2025, to enter the venue where COP30 negotiations are being held after hundreds of people participated in a march to the compound. [Anderson Coelho/Reuters]
On the evening of November 11, 2025, Indigenous demonstrators and their supporters breached security barriers at the main entrance to the conference hall in Belem and scuffled with security officers there. [Anderson Coelho/Reuters]
The incident caused "minor injuries to two security staff and minor damage to the venue", a UN spokesperson told reporters. [Anderson Coelho/Reuters]
"Brazilian and UN security personnel took protective actions to secure the venue, following all established security protocols," the spokesperson said. [Anderson Coelho/Reuters]
Security staff used tables and chairs to barricade the entrance to the high-level "blue zone" at the heart of the conference venue, and calm was quickly restored. [Anderson Coelho/Reuters]
Security inside the COP30 venue falls under the responsibility of the UN while local authorities are in charge of the surrounding area. [Anderson Coelho/Reuters]
An Indigenous demonstrator is held by a security staff member as protesters force their way into the COP30 venue. [Anderson Coelho/Reuters]
"The Indigenous movement wanted to present its demands inside the blue zone but were not allowed in," said Joao Santiago, a professor at the Federal University of Para. [Anderson Coelho/Reuters]
Maria Clara, a protester with the Rede Sustentabilidade Bahia association, told the AFP news agency that she wanted to draw attention to the plight of Indigenous peoples. "These voices are ignored," she said. [Anderson Coelho/Reuters]
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COP30 summit in Brazil: What we know about the UN climate conference
Delegates from around the world are expected to disagree over how to tackle climate change and who should pay.
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Ceverino Macob, 64, wades through the flood as he recovers a roof blown from his house (seen in the background) due to strong winds after Typhoon Fung-wong hit Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Philippines [Noel Celis/Reuters]
A man walks on debris washed ashore along a coastal village in Navotas. [Aaron Favila/AP Photo]
Residents survey a highway in Dipaculao, Aurora province. [Ezra Acayan/Getty Images]
Flooded houses in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan province, north of Manila after a river overflowed. [John Dimain/AFP]
A man cleans garbage along a flooded street in Navotas. [Aaron Favila/AP Photo]
Children sit with their belongings as Fung-wong hits in Dipaculao, Aurora province. [Ezra Acayan/Getty Images]
A resident reacts near her flood-hit house in Tuao town, Cagayan province, after a river overflowed. [John Dimain / AFP]
Residents stand beside a damaged house and toppled bridge in a coastal village in Navotas. [Aaron Favila/AP Photo]
Residents salvage their belongings from their home destroyed by storm surges in Dipaculao, Aurora province. [Ezra Acayan/Getty Images]
Residents stand on board a truck providing free transport following flooding in Macabebe town, Pampanga province, Philippines. [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]
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Demonstrators hold posters and shout slogans during a protest demanding the government take action to reduce air pollution in New Delhi [Sajjad Hussain/AFP]
Demonstrators wore masks and displayed slogans calling for action. [Sajjad Hussain/AFP]
Police detain demonstrators during the protest. Police confiscated placards and banners and asked protesters to disperse, saying they did not have permission to demonstrate. [Sajjad Hussain/AFP]
Hundreds of people, including parents and environmental activists, gathered at New Delhi’s India Gate. One placard read: “I miss breathing.” [Sajjad Hussain/AFP]
“I am here just as a citizen who cares and who is worried about the state of situation that we are in with respect to the lack of clean air to breathe,” said protester Meghna. [Sajjad Hussain/AFP]
Worsening air quality in the capital has prompted outrage from residents suffering from headaches and persistent coughs. [Sajjad Hussain/AFP]
Frustration is mounting towards politicians accused of trading blame instead of enforcing policies to combat what has become an annual health emergency. [Arun Sankar/AFP]
Home to more than 30 million people, New Delhi and its surrounding region routinely rank among the world’s most polluted cities. India has six of the 10 most polluted cities globally, and New Delhi remains the most polluted capital, according to a report from Switzerland-based air quality monitoring database IQAir earlier this year. [Arun Sankar/AFP]
Toxic particles linger because Delhi’s winters are often dry and windless, sometimes pushing pollution levels to 20 times the World Health Organization’s safe limit. [Sajjad Hussain/AFP]
Authorities have temporarily banned construction, restricted diesel generators and even tried using cloud seeding to promote rain, but critics say only long-term measures to cut emissions can bring real relief. [Sajjad Hussain/AFP]
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