World Environment Day commemorated across the globe

Members of Greenpeace and other environmental bodies stage a rally in front of the National Assembly in Seoul 5 June 2023, calling for parliament to come up with measures to tackle climate challenges.

A diver retrieves a ghost net, spotted by members of the NGO Aegean Rebreath, from the seabed at a depth of 45 metres, off the coast of the island of Santorini on June 3, 2023.

A man washes plastic sheets at the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 05 June 2023. World Environment Day, a United Nations (UN) campaign to raise awareness about protection of the environment, is celebrated annually on 5 July.

Rag pickers search for recyclable materials at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Lahore on June 5, 2023.

On World Environment Day more than twenty members of the Knitting Nannas conservation and environmental group wrap Big Spotty, a giant spotted gum, in the North Brooman State Forest near Termiel, south of Sydney, on June 5, 2023.

Protestors hold placards during a rally marking World Environment Day, in Sydney, Monday, June 5, 2023.

Members of Hyderabad Zindabad Forum carry a model of the globe filled with plastic during an awareness campaign on World Environment Day in Hyderabad on June 5, 2023.

Iraqi environmental activists launched a clean-up campaign to clean the Banks of Tigris River from waste, especially plastic waste such as bags and water bottles in conjunction with World Environment Day.

A man bathes in the polluted waters of river Yamuna laden with foam, on the eve of world environment day in New Delhi on June 4, 2023.