February 14, 2020 Mount Holyoke News Global Ugandan climate activist removed from group photo, sparking global controversy February 14, 2020 Mount Holyoke News Global Vanessa Nakate, a Ugandan climate activist, was cropped out of a photo circulated by various press agencies after she attended the World Economic Conference in Davos, Switzerland. The photo only showed her white peers, including Greta Thunberg.