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Mount Lavinia, Jul 24 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka is facing ecological problems due to the gutted Singapore-registered X-Press Pearl vessel on fire since May 20.The ship sank on 2 June but not before generating potentially toxic slurry waste into the sea, leaving the authorities with more pressing concerns about an oil spill and the possible toxic effects on marine life.The vessel, carrying 1,500 containers of nitric acid and other toxic chemicals, was heading from India to the Colombo harbor when it caught fire off Sri Lankan waters. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: DEAD OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLE, PUFFERFISH, AND JELLYFISH, WASHED ASHORE ON THE BEACH AT MOUNT LAVINIA IN THE SUBURBS OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Panama City, Jun 18 (EFE/EPA).- Cerro Patacón, the largest landfill in Panama and which serves the country’s capital, is an “environmental and sanitary disaster”, which will only change with a modification of the management model of waste, said the Government and environmental defenders on Friday. (Camera: BIENVENIDO VELASCO). SHOT LIST: THE CERRO PATACON LANDFILL IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
Images from the village of Pokrovskoye in northern Kazakhstan show houses submerged in flood water after fast-melting snow caused the river Esil to reach unprecedented heights. Moscow and Astana have been battling rising rivers for more than five days, with both declaring a state of emergency and saying the floods have been the worst in decades. IMAGES
People gather at a beach on the Island of Mozambique after a boat sank killing 96 people, including children, authorities said Monday. IMAGES
The Seine's peak flood reached 4.25 metres in Paris on Saturday, while the famous Zouave statue on the Pont de l'Alma had its feet in the water. IMAGES
Workers demolish the tilted Uranus building in Hualien. Wednesday's magnitude-7.4 earthquake caused it to tilt at a 45-degree angle, its twisted exterior quickly becoming one of the most recognisable images to emerge from the disaster. IMAGES
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