PARIS (Reuters) - Two climate change activists hurled soup at the protective glass in front of the world-famous "Mona Lisa" painting in Paris' Louvre museum on Sunday.
Video footage showed two women flinging red soup at Leonard da Vinci's masterpiece, to gasps from onlookers.
They had ducked under a security barrier to get as close as they could to the painting and were led away by Louvre security guards.
In recent years, many activists have targeted art to raise awareness about climate change.
The glass in front of the "Mona Lisa" was smothered in cream in a protest in May 2022.
Persons:
Mona Lisa, Leonard da, Vincent Van, Goya, Sudip Kar, Gupta, Manuel Ausloos, Barbara Lewis
Organizations:
PARIS
Locations:
Paris, Madrid's Prado