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GALLERY: A look around the globe on World Environment Day
An endangered one-horned rhinoceros grazing at the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary some 50 km from Guwahati, India. AFP
GALLERY: A look around the globe on World Environment Day
Children playing on waste products to be processed at a tannery at Hazaribagh along the polluted Buriganga river in Dhaka. Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned the tannery owners of serious consequences if they failed to relocate their tanneries in Savar within the stipulated time. Reuters
GALLERY: A look around the globe on World Environment Day
A rag-picker collecting recyclables at the biggest garbage dump in the northeastern state of Assam on the eve of World Environment Day at the Boragoan area in Guwahati. AFP
GALLERY: A look around the globe on World Environment Day
A worker using a rope to move through a pile of empty plastic bottles at a recycling workshop in Mumbai, India.Reuters
GALLERY: A look around the globe on World Environment Day
A boy hugging a tree as he prepares to take part in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most number of people hugging trees for two minutes in Kathmandu, Nepal. According to the event organiser, 2,001 people took part in the event on World Environment Day to spread the message of saving the environment. Reuters
GALLERY: A look around the globe on World Environment Day
Cambodian activists gathering along a street in Phnom Penh on World Environment day to highlight deforestation issues in Cambodia. AFP
GALLERY: A look around the globe on World Environment Day
Street children collecting disposable water for car washing in El Fasher, North Darfur. Environmental experts from the Government of Sudan say the frequent contact with standing water is dangerous to the children's health.AFP
GALLERY: A look around the globe on World Environment Day
An excavator digging out waste that's clogging a canal on the eve of World Environment Day in Bangalore. Some 265 million tonnes of plastic are produced globally each year, out of which 170 million are largely created to be disposed off after one use, according to an European trade association for plastics manufacturers. AFP
GALLERY: A look around the globe on World Environment Day
A boy walking his horse after washing it in Xolotlan Lake, in Nicaragua. The lake, with a surface area of about 1,000 sq km, is polluted as it is where sewage from Managua has been dumped since 1920, according to local media. Reuters

Marie Lim
Jun 06, 2014 08:00 am

June 5 was World Environment Day.

The United Nations declared the 2014 theme for World Environment Day to be "Small Islands and Climate Change" with the official slogan "Raise Your Voice Not The Sea Level".

Take a look at the gallery to see photos from around the world.

The report also said India will surpass China as the most populous country on earth in 2023.
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