Protesters have been trying to stop a coal mine from swallowing up an abandoned village.
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has been detained by police at a protest outside a western German village.
She had been protesting with activists seeking to stop the abandoned village of Lützerath being demolished to make way for the expansion of a coal mine. Police told Reuters that Thunberg was part of a group which "rushed towards the ledge" of the Garzweiler 2 mine.The Garwzweiler 2 mine is around 5.6 miles from Lützerath.It is not yet clear what will happen to Ms Thunberg or the group she was arrested with.Lützerath is expected to be the final village to be demolished for the Garzweiler lignite mine.
Organisers of the protest said around 35,000 protesters attended on Saturday while police said the number was closer to 15,000.
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