From 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM local time, 150 countries and major global landmarks and monuments participated in the chain organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and turned off their lights, a symbolic gesture for environmental conservation, against climate change and global warming.
The involved countries numbered more than 150: among them, for the first time, were Palestine, Tunisia, the Galapagos Islands, Suriname, French Guiana, Saint Helena, and Rwanda.
The operation began, as usual, in Australia. Then, slowly, it moved through all latitudes, including Nice where numerous locations and monuments went dark during this moment.
Many monuments were involved worldwide: from the dome of St. Peter’s in Rome, the Empire State Building in New York, to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the Kremlin in Moscow, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Table Mountain in Cape Town, and Niagara Falls.
The symbol of this year was the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, and one can easily imagine why…
