The video starts off with some grass sinking down into the dirt, causing it to turn wet. It then cuts to a scorpion walking to where Linkin Park are performing. It explores the many ironies of humanity and its ill-effects on the earth and the environment (see above). It juxtaposes various pieces of footage: SWAT soldiers using riot shields, a firefighter rescuing a little girl in his arms, elephant tusks being burned, a large, well-fed man eating a sub sandwich, a woman measuring her waist, a man who is so malnourished that his ribcage is visible through his skin, both a polar bear and penguin swimming, a baby being born and later walking, chunks of ice collapsing, African Americans being hosed down by police in the South during the time of the Civil Rights Movement, a cross being burned by the Klan, nuclear explosions, the Firdos Square statue destruction, the World Trade Center collapsing as a result of the September 11 attacks as well as cell phone footage of citizens running away from the collapse, children waving American flags (one of the children being Brad Delson), a Middle Eastern child holding an AK-47, clips of oil tankers torn in half and a penguin covered in an oil slick. It also features Communist leaders like Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin &amp; Mao Zedong, World Leaders that include Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Robert F. Kennedy, a statue of Buddha, Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci, and famous landmarks including Monument Valley, the World Trade Center before it was destroyed, the Parthenon, Pyramids of Giza, Hagia Sophia, Stonehenge, and the Lincoln Memorial. The video ends with the same clip from the beginning, but played in reverse, where it has the grass re-growing.