--- title: Earth Hour Livestream: Cities Turn Off Their Lights description: Lights are being turned off on landmarks and other famous sites around the world on Saturday for the 10th annual Earth Hour canonical: https://time.com/4713181/earth-hour-livestream/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-25T13:30:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:02:19.473Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch Live: Cities Around the World Turn Their Lights Off for Earth Hour og:description: From Tokyo to New York og:url: https://time.com/4713181/earth-hour-livestream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17739903b76ad55a/6988bfeb2dce0156ec9ecc41/earth-hour-nyc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5308 og:image:height: 2986 og:image:alt: FILES-US-NEW-YORK-ECOLOGY-SCIENCE-HEALTH-ENERGY-CLIMATE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Cities Around the World Turn Their Lights Off for Earth Hour twitter:description: From Tokyo to New York twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17739903b76ad55a/6988bfeb2dce0156ec9ecc41/earth-hour-nyc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Cities Around the World Turn Their Lights Off for Earth Hour > Sponsored content. 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Omar Torres—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 25, 2017 1:30 PM UTC Lights are being turned off on landmarks and other famous sites around the world on Saturday for the 10th annual [Earth Hour](http://time.com/3762297/earth-hour-switch-off-lights/), part of a global effort to back action on [climate change](http://time.com/4703569/trump-budget-epa-climate-change/). In Tokyo, lights were sent to turn off at Tokyo Tower. In New Delhi, lights were being turned off at the India Gate monument. In France, the Eiffel Tower was expected to go dark briefly. In London, the Tower Bridge was set to go dark. And in New York, the Empire State Building had plans to turn off the lights. The action is happening all day on Saturday. 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