A worker stands near the continuous track wheels of a giant excavator at the open pit lignite mine operated by RWE AG in Hambach Germany on Monday...
{"Image ImageDescription": "A worker stands near the continuous track wheels of a giant excavator at the open pit lignite mine, operated by RWE AG, in Hambach, Germany, on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Not far from Germanys Rhine River, a fight to thwart giant excavators from grinding away whats left of the 1,200-year-old Hambach forest came to a head this month as thousands of protesters faced?off with police in a tense, and at times violent, showdown. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images", "Image Copyright": "? 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP"}