Empty plates were scattered on the sands in Copacabana beach, Brazil, on Saturday (Nov. 16).
The protest which was organized by the NGO Rio da Paz or Rio for Peace sought to draw the attention of the leaders of the world’s richest nations on the scourge of hunger.
Rio de Janeiro hosts this year’s G20 summit which kicks off on Monday (Nov. 18).
“We brought 733 empty plates to the beach that represent hunger. And why this number? According to the United Nations, 733 million human beings starved in 2023.”
This figure is equivalent to one in eleven people globally and…
