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World Earth Day
Over one billion people will call for the protection of our planet on April 22 as they gather around the world to celebrate Earth Day.
![Participants carry a large traditional carp-shaped wind sock called "Koinobori" at a parade demanding a stop to all nuclear power plants in Japan as part of an event for Earth Day in Tokyo April 22, 2012. Japan is set to have no nuclear power within weeks](https://gdb.voanews.com/43cace29-8391-45e3-8503-dc01037ec92e_w1024_q10_s.png)
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Participants carry a large traditional carp-shaped wind sock called "Koinobori" at a parade demanding a stop to all nuclear power plants in Japan as part of an event for Earth Day in Tokyo April 22, 2012. Japan is set to have no nuclear power within weeks
![Participants wear masks at a parade demanding a stop to all nuclear power plants in Japan as part of an event for Earth Day in Tokyo April 22, 2012. (Reuters)](https://gdb.voanews.com/f4d76f4b-556f-4e93-b431-19f1146acf55_w1024_q10_s.png)
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Participants wear masks at a parade demanding a stop to all nuclear power plants in Japan as part of an event for Earth Day in Tokyo April 22, 2012. (Reuters)
![Thousands of cyclists hold up their bicycles at Budapest's city park, at the end of the Critical Mass bicycle ride across the Hungarian capital, April 22, 2012.The ride was organized to commemorate World Earth Day. (Reuters)](https://gdb.voanews.com/cd4b52e3-ff14-44ec-a041-3930270c7a07_w1024_q10_s.png)
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Thousands of cyclists hold up their bicycles at Budapest's city park, at the end of the Critical Mass bicycle ride across the Hungarian capital, April 22, 2012.The ride was organized to commemorate World Earth Day. (Reuters)
![In this photo taken on April 21, 2012, local residents line up to fetch drinking water from a lake in Rangoon, Burma. (AP Photo)](https://gdb.voanews.com/bc3146df-4624-499c-97c8-c674ba8cdda1_w1024_q10_s.png)
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In this photo taken on April 21, 2012, local residents line up to fetch drinking water from a lake in Rangoon, Burma. (AP Photo)