In Pictures: World goes dark for Earth Hour

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24 March 2018

Last Updated: 24 March 2018

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Countries around the world have switched off the lights for Earth Hour, a global call for international unity on the importance of climate change.

Earth Hour 2018 — Buckingham Palace in London… (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Earth Hour 2018 — Piccadilly Circus in London was also left in the dark (WWF/PA)

Earth Hour 2018 — …and after it switched off its lights (WWF/PA)

Jordan Earth Hour — The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature arranged 11,440 candles on a hilltop in the capital of Amman (Raad Adayleh/AP)

Hungary Earth Hour — The Millennium Monument, a landmark of the Hungarian capital with its illumination switched on prior to the Earth Hour event… (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP)

India Earth Hour — The landmark India Gate monument is seen lit, top, and then in darkness after the lights were turned off for one hour (Oinam Anand/AP)

Philippines Earth Hour — The globe landmark of the Philippines’s largest shopping mall, the Mall of Asia, turns dark for Earth Hour (Bullit Marquez/AP)

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