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![Workers sort plastic waste for recycling at the Suwon Resource Circulation Center in Gyeonggi on April 21, ahead of Earth Day. Nationwide 'lights out' events will take place for 10 minutes from 8 p.m. on April 22 to mark Earth Day. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12615739.jpg?imageId=12615739&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Children observe wetland creatures like frogs and tadpoles at Pyeongdume Wetland in Gwangju on Monday, during an outdoors activity in celebration of Earth Day. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10123578.jpg?imageId=10123578&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![LG Electronics released a promotional video raising awareness of endangered species in New York's Times Square on Tuesday, in line with Earth Day on Monday. [LG ELECTRONICS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10939619.jpg?imageId=10939619&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Environment Minister Han Wha-jin, left, and McDonald's Korea CEO Kim Ki-won pose for a photo after purchasing coffee in tumblers at the McDonald's Coex chain in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on Friday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10459173.jpg?imageId=10459173&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Trees on a mountain in Seo District, western Incheon, have been cut down as of Thursday, two days prior to Earth Day on Saturday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10426262.jpg?imageId=10426262&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Lotte Mart's tomatoes packaged in 100 percent recycled plastic containers [LOTTE MART]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10801222.jpg?imageId=10801222&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A customer takes a bite out of a watermelon at a traditional market in Seoul on Thursday. As temperature has been rising faster than in previous years, summer fruits have been appearing at stores. Temperatures in some areas including Seoul have risen to 27 degrees Celsius on Thursday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10943520.jpg?imageId=10943520&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Children explore a globe set up in Geumsan County, South Chungcheong, on Monday. The globe was set up to mark Earth Day on April 22. [KIM SEONG-TAE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10577765.jpg?imageId=10577765&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)