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Extinction Rebellion members lie on the ground, covered in fake crude oil, to protest an exhibition sponsored by BP at The National Portrait Gallery in London, Britain October 20, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
The unauthorized stunt at the National Portrait Gallery capped a two-week wave of actions by civil disobedience movement Extinction Rebellion, which led to more than 3,300 arrests in London and cities around the world, the group said. Protesters then slowly doused the prone performers with washable black liquid as activist Eden Rickson read a poem asking the gallery to stop accepting sponsorship money from BP.
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