. in berlin it might have been the consumer frenzy of black friday for some but on the streets here and around the world people were on strike for fridays the future a party atmosphere pervaded alongside the placards some took a dip in the city's river spray to draw attention to rising sea levels others simply felt compelled to demonstrate that it was and why are we here well there is a massive climate crisis unknown is doing anything it's crazy not to the small 30 in the u.s. washington to have the younger generation on the streets although perhaps not in such numbers. but the message was the same. we're asking leaders to take action on the climate crisis that it made today we're holding a funeral to demonstrate to the public and to my leaders everything that we're going to lose in the climate crisis and everything that we've already lost. on the other side of the world in australia the call to arms of our house is on fire led