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Activists Splash Soup On Glass-protected Mona Lisa

The protesters said they were defending 'the right to healthy and sustainable food' (Credit: AFP)

Two protesters on Sunday hurled soup at the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" in Paris, demanding the right to "healthy and sustainable food", an AFP journalist saw.

The action, which comes as French farmers protest across the country, is the latest in a string of similar attacks against artworks to demand more action to protect the planet.

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