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Protesters at Heathrow camp for climate action set off for a day of protest.

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Protesters hold hands in a spiritual ceremony to give strength to the day of protest.

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On the day of action a spiritual ceremony is held to give the protesters strength.

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A woman presents a passionate prayer for strength during a spiritual ceremony at the beginning of the day of action.

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The camp for climate action was set up overnight and featured everything from solar showers to vegan cafes and a computer centre.

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Local residents hand out juice and sandwiches to protesters at the camp for climate action.

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Performance artists make their point in a coordinated way.

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Protesters came from every age, ethnicity and background to make a common statement about the biggest problem hanging over all of humanity.

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Children from the camp for climate action teamed up with residents of Sipson village for a popular and peaceful march.

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The effects of our behaviour will be inherited by our children.

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The box reads: No 3 runway

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The 'clown army' bring a fluffy air of frivolity to protest events and help to diffuse any tempers that are running high.

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If the Heathrow thrid runway gets built these young residents of Sipson village watching the protest march, will see their homes, schools and village bulldozed.

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Residents of Sipson village protest in defence of their houses and village which lay on the route of the poposed Heathrow thid runway.

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An alliance is born between local residents struggling to protect their homes and a protest movement struggling to protect the planet from climate change.

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A local resident protests in front of one of the houses in Sipson village destined for demolition if plans for the third runway go ahead.

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A protester highlights the natural surroundings at risk.

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Every year reducing arctic sea ice makes the situation polar bears ever more precarious as their habitat becomes fragmented into an ever dwindling patchwork of ice flows.

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People in poor Southern countries will be hardest hit by climate change and have least resources to cope with the effects. But no-one will escape the increasing impacts.

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The protesters exclaimed that 'we come armed only with peer reviewed science'. The fourth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007, presented overwhelming evidence that climate change is real and is happening now.

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A mounted policeman tries to halt the rising tide of protesters as they flow through a gate on their way to blockade the head offices of BAA. In the background jets take-off relentlessly.

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Both protesters and police had observers at the protests so that if trouble flared they would be able to contest their case.

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Media reports claimed that a heavy police presence outnumbered protesters. Even so many protesters achieved their target by blockading the offices of BAA.

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A protester is grabbed while trying to break-through police lines in a bid to reach the BAA offices.

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Tempers flared as protesters and police clash. Despite the potential for trouble the day of protest remained largely peaceful.