Mohamad Shinaz, a Maldives climate activist holds a sign reading "Act Now Save Lives" as he is submerged in water in a 9 foot perspex tube outside the Bella Center on the opening day of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday Dec. 7, 2009. The scene is a recreation of a Maldives flood scene and meant to be a reminder of the human cost of failure to come to an agreement in Copenhagen. (Peter Dejong)
