Earth Day 2018 in Pictures

A painting of the earth on Earth Day in Foshan, Guangdong Province of China. Nearly 2,000 people from 490 families gathered to work on the 490-square-meter painting. VCG via Getty Images
Students make a sand sculpture on the Earth Day on the banks of the river Yamuna in Allahabad, India. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash
A sculpture by Andrew Rogers called 'A Day On Earth' in Cappadocia region, Kayseri, Turkey. Sercan Kucuksahin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
A young Indian rag picker searches among piles of garbage at a dumping site on World Earth Day in Dimapur, India. Earth Day is observed each April 22, with this year's theme being 'End Plastic Pollution'. Caisii Mao/NurPhoto
One hundred citizens practice yoga to welcome Earth Day at a shopping mall in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China. VCG via Getty Images
The sun rises on Earth Day behind the Empire State Building in New York. Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
A woman practices yoga during activities marking Earth Day in Germia National Park, near Pristina, Kosovo. ARMEND NIMANI/AFP/Getty Images
A man walks on a dried-up portion of Chandola Lake on the occasion of Earth Day in Ahmedabad, India. REUTERS/Amit Dave
A man collects recyclable materials as smoke billows from a burning garbage dump site on Earth Day in Kolkata, India. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
An Indian boy Montu Das, 11, collects leaves from a tree that will be dried for use as cooking fuel from a forest in Gauhati, India. AP Photo/Anupam Nath
A 150-foot tree art installation made up of 850 individual trees and 500 endless summer hydrangeas in front of the Capitol in Washington. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Indian children collect plastic bottles to recycle from the polluted River Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India. AP Photo/Anupam Nath
An Indian worker walks on the plastic bottle bundles before sending them to be recycled at an industrial area on the outskirts of Jammu, India. AP Photo/Channi Anand
An Indian man carrying a girl on his back walks on bamboo to wash clothes in the polluted River Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India. AP Photo/Anupam Nath
Sangeeta Das, 6, collects dried leaves that her mother will use as cooking fuel from a forest area in Gauhati, India. AP Photo/Anupam Nath
An Indian child near the banks of the polluted Cooum River in Chennai. ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images
An Indian woman washes clothes in the polluted water of River Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India. AP Photo/Anupam Nath
A metal silhouette of a female Roosevelt Elk that is part of a 150-foot tree art installation in front of the Capitol in Washington. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
One hundred citizens practice yoga to welcome Earth Day at a shopping mall in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China. VCG via Getty Images
A base commemorating Earth Day during the game between the Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports