St. Pauli is also a worldwide symbol for punk and related subcultures.

The town where this happened, Minamata, became the name of a disease and a worldwide symbol of industrial pollution.

In 2003, the company adopted the logo of its Subaru division as its worldwide corporate symbol.

The Knotted Gun has become a worldwide symbol of the non-violence movement.

In death, the union leader has become a worldwide symbol of the effort to slow the destruction of Brazil's massive rain forest.

Instead, they said "the Tribune has been made into a worldwide symbol of reaction, isolation, and prejudice by a man capable of real hate."

And so the bay's 1,200 polar bears, the world's southernmost polar bear population, are fast becoming worldwide symbols of climate change.

Planting trees became a worldwide symbol of hope and community regeneration.

You have this great worldwide symbol of the rings.