Protestors march through Manhattan up to Central Park at the "Make Billionaires Pay" climate protest, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis - FR172095 AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of activists marched through Manhattan as part of a global wave of protests demanding urgent climate action on the eve of New York Climate Week.
Protesters targeted Billionaires’ Row and Trump Tower with chants of “Make Billionaires Pay,” linking climate justice with broader calls for democracy, gender equality, free speech, an end to Trump’s immigration crackdown, and a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Protestors march through Manhattan up to Central Park at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis – FR172095 AP)A woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty marches through Manhattan in the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis – FR172095 AP)An effigy representing Elon Musk with a bloody hand holding a globe is marched through Manhattan at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest in New York, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (Angelina Katsanis – FR172095 AP)People carry a “Climate Polluters Bill” the length of an Olympic swimming pool (50 meters long) through Manhattan at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. The bill was created by Greenpeace and lists the costs of hundreds of climate-related natural disasters (Angelina Katsanis – FR172095 AP)Children watch from inside a restaurant as people march through Manhattan in the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest in New York, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (Angelina Katsanis – FR172095 AP)An art piece of Jeff Bezos with bloody hands carrying the globe is marched through Manhattan at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis – FR172095 AP)A woman carrying a “Tax the rich” sign marches through Manhattan at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis – FR172095 AP)People march through Manhattan at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis – FR172095 AP)People march through Manhattan at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis – FR172095 AP)A woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty in chains protests at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate march in New York, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (Angelina Katsanis – FR172095 AP)Greenpeace’s “Climate Polluters Bill, which is the length of an Olympic swimming pool (50 meters long), is displayed at the “Make Billionaires Pay” climate protest in New York, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. The bill was created by Greenpeace and lists the costs of hundreds of climate-related natural disasters. (Angelina Katsanis – FR172095 AP)
