Peace banner unfurled on Empire State Building spire

Two people climbed to ​the very top of ‌the Empire State Building's towering spire in New York City ​on Wednesday to unfurl ​a large banner urging world ⁠peace.

The pair, dressed in ​sleeveless black outfits, hung onto ​the landmark skyscraper's antenna spire near the glowing red light at ​its top some 1,454 ​feet (443 metres) above the sidewalk of ‌midtown ⁠Manhattan.

They held a black banner with a message in all-capital white letters that ​flapped in ​the ⁠wind: "When the power of love beats the ​love of power the ​world ⁠knows peace."

It was not immediately clear who the two ⁠people ​were or how ​they got up there.

-Reuters