Vulnerable seniors captured in ice, restoring corals, and heatwaves hitting Europe. Here are a few of our favourite images from Greenpeace work around the world this week.
Germany – With four life-size ice sculptures, Greenpeace Germany is commemorating the victims of this extreme summer at Berlin's treeless Gendarmenmarkt. In the center of the melting sculptures, activists display the updated number of heat-related deaths: 15,800. According to current estimates by the Robert Koch Institute, this is how many people died prematurely from the effects of the heat in the summer of 2026.
Indonesia – Greenpeace Indonesia, the USBA Institute, the Raja Ampat Indigenous Community, and the Congo Basin Indigenous Community participate in coral reef restoration activities through coral transplantation on Arborek Island, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua, Indonesia. The activity highlights the importance of Indigenous-led conservation and collective efforts to protect and restore Raja Ampat's rich marine biodiversity and coral reef ecosystems.
Belgium – A massive fire broke out on Friday 14 August 2026 in the High Fens nature reserve (East of Belgium). Fuelled by the dry vegetation, this peatland fire ravaged more than 3,000 hectares of nature.
Germany – Greenpeace Germany activists demonstrate in front of Neuhardenberg Castle near Berlin for better climate protection, using a fire truck and a banner reading "Merz, put out the fire."
Wales – Greenpeace UK addresses Prime Minister Andy Burnham in a massive land artwork on the side of a mountain in Conwy, Wales, where "terrifying" wildfires recently incinerated vast parts of the landscape. Greenpeace used the scorched earth as a canvas to send a message to the new British Prime Minister "Our house is on fire Andy", accompanied by an illustration of Burnham poised to pour oil and gas over the flames urging the new PM to pay attention to climate impacts battering the country and reject consent for more drilling in the North Sea.
The artwork was made using eco-friendly, plastic free paint.
Indonesia – Representatives of Papuan and Brazilian Amazon Indigenous communities hold a photo opportunity during Raja Ampat Indigenous Grand Assembly in Arborek island, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua. To celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, and to support their movement to protect their lands.
Black Sea – Greenpeace activists from Romania, Austria, Slovenia, and Slovakia aboard the ship Arctic Sunrise carried out a peaceful protest in the international waters of the Black Sea, calling for the deployment of safe renewables over risky gas projects. Deploying a 11-meter floating banner, they highlighted how offshore gas extraction in the Black Sea is highly vulnerable to military attacks and cannot guarantee energy security, while posing grave risks to marine ecosystems.
Cameroon – On the occasion of International Youth Day, The Youth and Volunteers Programme organised an activity titled "SPORT FOR EBO FOREST" at Parcours Vita in Yaoundé. This hiking event, held in support of the Ebo Forest, enabled youths and volunteers to take part in a fitness walk led by a sports coach, participate in a photo session, and enjoy moments of bonding through recreational games.
Denmark – Greenpeace Nordic activists peacefully protest at the headquarters of the lobbying organization Danish Agriculture & Food Council in Copenhagen, Denmark. The activists have climbed up and raised a red warning flag on the flagpole and hung a large banner over the façade with the message: "Dead fjords start here." The protest draws a straight line from the lobbying organisation to the dying fjords and waters that are under pressure from oxygen depletion caused by nitrogen pollution from industrial agriculture.
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