In Pictures: Landmarks switch off lights for Earth Hour

Famous buildings went dark as part of a WWF conservation campaign.

Published Mar 31, 2019

Last updated Mar 31, 2019

Landmarks across the UK and beyond switched off their lights on Saturday night to mark Earth Hour.

The lights went out at famous buildings between 8.30pm and 9.30pm as part of the international event organised by conservation charity WWF to urge action to save the planet.

Earth Hour 2019 — The London Eye and Houses of Parliament (David Parry/PA)

More than 7,000 cities in over 170 countries were estimated to take part in this year’s Earth Hour.

Earth Hour Chicago — The Willis Tower in Chicago powered down (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Poland Earth Hour — The 14th-century St Mary’s Basilica in Krakow, Poland (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

Germany Earth Hour — WWF activists set up led lights in front of the blacked-out Brandenburg Gate in Berlin (Markus Schreiber/AP)

India Earth Hour — Mumbai’s historic railway station Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (Rajanish Kakade/AP)

Greece Earth Hour — The Acropolis hill in Athens (Yorgos Karahalis/AP)