Oscar-winning actor-activist Jane Fonda, 81, was arrested during a climate change protest in Washington, DC, on Friday. "Today, the United States Capitol Police arrested 16 individuals for unlawfully demonstrating on the East Front of the US Capitol," said Capitol Police communications director Eva Malecki. She added that all were charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding.

The protest was associated with the actor's Fire Drill Fridays campaign, in which Fonda vowed to protest every Friday through the end of the year on Capitol Hill "to demand that action by our political leaders be taken to address the climate emergency we are in".