Climate activists strike worldwide on Black Friday

Climate strikes took place in more than 150 countries on Black Friday to protest excessive consumption and draw attention to environmental issues. The protests are part of a youth-driven movement Fridays for Future inspired by teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

"In September, 7.5 million people around the world took to the streets. Tomorrow we're doing it again. Everyone's needed. Everyone's welcome," Thunberg posted on social media on Thursday.

"Consumerism is destroying our planet," Extinction Rebellion, an environmental group, said on social media. "We do not have infinite resources, yet the system continues to persuade us all that we need to constantly buy more of everything".

(CNN)