A Russian couple of daredevil artists climbed to the top of the Empire State Buildings towering spire in New York City on Wednesday (July 1) to unfurl a large banner urging world peace in what appeared to be an elaborate marriage proposal that ended in their arrests.

A Russian couple of daredevil artists climbed to the top of the Empire State Buildings towering spire in New York City on Wednesday (July 1) to unfurl a large banner urging world peace in what appeared to be an elaborate marriage proposal that ended in their arrests.Dressed in sleeveless black outfits and documenting their time in the sky on social media, Angela Nikolau and Vanya Beerkus hung onto the landmark skyscrapers antenna spire near the glowing red light at its tip some 1,454 feet (443 meters) above the sidewalks of midtown Manhattan.They held a black banner with a message in all-capital white letters that flapped in the wind that said: When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peaceSource: @trtworld on X/Twitter