AP Photos: Cities go dark for 'Earth Hour'
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?A two photo combination showing the Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben at the Houses of Parliament in London, illuminated, left, and then in darkness as the lights were turned off to mark Earth Hour 2013, Saturday March 23, 2013. Earth Hour was marked worldwide at 8.30 p.m. local time and is a global call to turn off lights for 60 minutes in a bid to highlight the global climate change. (AP Photo/PA, Lewis Whyld) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE
A two photo combination showing the Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben at the Houses of Parliament in London, illuminated, left, and then in darkness as the lights were turned off to mark Earth Hour 2013, Saturday March 23, 2013. Earth Hour was marked worldwide at 8.30 p.m. local time and is a global call to turn off lights for 60 minutes in a bid to highlight the global climate change. (AP Photo/PA, Lewis Whyld) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE
The lights on the Lions Gate bridge are on prior to Earth Hour as seen from West Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)
The lights on the Lions Gate bridge are off during Earth Hour as seen from West Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)
In this photo provided by ComEd, from left, Senior Vice President of ComEd Fidel Marquez, ComEd customer Kathy Reiser, her children Caitlin and Ramsey, Navy Pier director of External Communications Nick Shields and Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42 Ward, pose for a photo as they turn off the lights of the Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier in observation of Earth Hour in Chicago on Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/ComEd, Charles Osgood)
Members of SPLASH, the Etobicoke School of the Arts' show choir sing before a WWF-Canada lantern walk in Roncesvalles Village Toronto, celebrating Earth Hour, Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Galit Rodan)
It's something of a voluntary rolling blackout: Communities around the globe are going dark for an hour on Saturday evening as part of an initiative called "Earth Hour," to raise awareness of climate change.
In more than 7,000 cities and towns across the planet, millions of residents are turning off their lights for an hour from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. local time to show their environmental concern.
Here are some photos of "Earth Hour" observances.
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