Greta Thunberg blocked an entrance to the Swedish parliament for two days in a row. The 21-year-old Swedish activist was taken away by police on Tuesday.

Police spokesman confirmed that several people had been briefly questioned. The primarily young activists wanted to use the campaign to draw attention to urgent social crises and the need for immediate and just change, the group said in a statement. The richest consume enormous amounts of resources, while large parts of the world's population cannot even meet their basic needs.