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The planet goes on climate strike

Millions of children skipped school to join a global strike against climate change

Teen activist Greta Thunberg said it was only the beginning, ahead of a UN Youth summit

It is said to be the biggest ever protest against threat posed to the planet by rising temperatures

Rallies started in Asia and the Pacific, spread across Africa, Europe and Latin America

Students in the Solomon Islands gathered at the rising ocean water’s edge wearing traditional grass skirts

In New York, tens of thousands of supporters gave Thunberg a rockstar reception