BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — From Singapore to Buenos Aires, cities around the world turned off their lights Saturday to mark Earth Hour, with this year’s event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like Covid-19.
After starting in Asia, the call to action on climate change made its way around a planet reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.
As the day came to an end, it was the turn of the Americas, where the lights dimmed at the Obelisk in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro’s Museum of Tomorrow and the BBVA tower in Mexico City.
In London, the Houses of Parliament, London Eye Ferris wheel, Shard skyscraper and neon signs of Pi…
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