An effigy representing Elon Musk with a bloody hand holding a globe is marched through Manhattan at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest in New York, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People carry a “Climate Polluters Bill” the length of an Olympic swimming pool (50 meters long) through Manhattan at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. The bill was created by Greenpeace and lists the costs of hundreds of climate-related natural disasters (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Children watch from inside a restaurant as people march through Manhattan in the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest in New York, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
An art piece of Jeff Bezos with bloody hands carrying the globe is marched through Manhattan at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A woman carrying a “Tax the rich” sign marches through Manhattan at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty in chains protests at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate march in New York, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Photos show activists targeting billionaires in a street protest on the eve of New York Climate Week
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Thousands of activists marched through Manhattan as part of a global wave of protests demanding urgent climate action on the eve of New York Climate Week.
An effigy representing Elon Musk with a bloody hand holding a globe is marched through Manhattan at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest in New York, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Thousands of activists marched through Manhattan as part of a global wave of protests demanding urgent climate action on the eve of New York Climate Week.
Protesters targeted Billionaires’ Row and Trump Tower with chants of 鈥淢ake Billionaires Pay,鈥 linking climate justice with broader calls for democracy, gender equality, free speech, an end to Trump鈥檚 immigration crackdown, and a ceasefire in Gaza.
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