German village clearance continues, Thunberg visits site


              Activists climb wire ropes between trees during a protest near Erkelenz, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. Environmental activists have been locked in a standoff with police who started eviction operations on Wednesday around the hamlet of Luetzerath, west of Cologne, that is due to be bulldozed for the expansion of a nearby lignite mine. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)
            
              Police officers stay next to an activst who stands on a taut wire rope at the village Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Police have entered the condemned village in to evict the climate activists holed up at the site in an effort to prevent its demolition, to make way for the expansion of a coal mine. (Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa via AP)
            
              Police officers remove barriers erected by activists at the village Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Police have entered the condemned village in to evict the climate activists holed up at the site in an effort to prevent its demolition, to make way for the expansion of a coal mine. (Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa via AP)
            
              An ctivist gestures at the village Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Police have entered the condemned village in to evict the climate activists holed up at the site in an effort to prevent its demolition, to make way for the expansion of a coal mine. (Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa via AP)
            
              Climate activist Luisa Neubauer, left, takes a picture of climate activist Greta Thunberg, second right, during a visit of the village Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The energy company RWE wants to excavate the coal lying under Luetzerath - for this purpose, the hamlet on the territory of the city of Erkelenz at the opencast lignite mine Garzweiler II is to be demolished. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)
            
              Climate activists Greta Thunberg, front third right, and Luisa Neubauer, front center, visit the village Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The energy company RWE wants to excavate the coal lying under Luetzerath - for this purpose, the hamlet on the territory of the city of Erkelenz at the opencast lignite mine Garzweiler II is to be demolished. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)
German village clearance continues, Thunberg visits site