The banner, reading “when the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace,” waved in the wind atop the Empire State Building in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S.
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Two people got to the top of the Empire State Building’s antenna and unfurled a banner about “the power of love” at midday Tuesday (June 30, 2026), news helicopter video showed.
Dressed in black and wearing helmets and masts, the two balanced on a narrow ledge atop the New York skyscraper’s antenna, which rises 1,454 feet (443 metres) above midtown Manhattan.
Workers near Madison Square Garden stop and look up toward the Empire State Building in New York on July 1, 2026.
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AFP
The banner, reading “when the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace,” waved in the wind.
It wasn’t clear how the pair gained access to the antenna, which rises well above public areas of the 102-storey building.
Police and firefighters had no immediate information, and there was no immediate reply to a message to the building’s management.
Published – July 01, 2026 11:38 pm IST
