More than 60 international environmental groups are today staging protests outside Japanese embassies across the world to demand an end to Japan's dolphin and porpoise hunts.
The protests in 31 cities, including London, Washington and Rio are against the whaling nation's annual slaughter of some 20,000 dolphins and porpoises. Protesters dressed in red and wearing a red flower will deliver messages to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calling for an end to the slaughter.