Photo Essay: World Cleanup Day 2025 in 10 Pictures
Written by
Becca Melhuish
September 28, 2025
As World Cleanup Day 2025 unfolded around the globe, communities across 190 countries took part in a powerful act of unity and care led by the Let’s Do It World movement. From bustling city streets to remote villages, volunteers joined hands to restore nature, raise awareness, and celebrate the spirit of collective action.
In this photo‑essay, join us on a journey through 10 inspiring moments of grit, togetherness, and people power—a visual testament to what humanity can achieve when people step up and act together!
1. Bangladesh
Slum children in Bangladesh clean up their streets, while also engaging their families and teaching all generations about managing waste.
2. Mozambique
Volunteers collect dangerous broken glass from their coastline in Mozambique. Across the country, an impressive 3.1 million people were mobilised, including 5,300 schools, and collecting 7601 tonnes of waste.
3. Democratic Republic of Congo
Participants find a fun and creative way of raising awareness on plastic pollution for World Cleanup Day in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
4. Nepal
Women and children taking part in World Cleanup Day in a rural Nepali town.
5. Latvia
Alongside cleanups, children learn about upcycling waste in a crafts workshop for World Cleanup Day
6. Cambodia
Young monks prepare to take part in World Cleanup Day, Cambodia.
7. Myanmar
In Myanmar, a community cleans its streets among the local traffic.
8. Taiwan
A group in Taiwan celebrates a successful cleanup of their coastline, after sorting the waste into different waste streams for recycling.
9. Bahrain
A youth group gets stuck into cleaning a waste-strewn river back in their local area in Bahrain.
10. Brazil
Volunteers celebrate after a successful community cleanup in Brazil.
As World Cleanup Day 2025 unfolded around the globe, communities across 190 countries took part in a powerful act of unity and care led by the Let’s Do It World movement. In this photo‑essay, join us on a journey through 10 inspiring moments of grit, togetherness, and people power.
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