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Images released by the Suez Canal Authority show a boat towing the now refloating M/V Glory, a cargo vessel grounded in Egypt's Suez Canal, while joining a southbound convoy near to Al Qantarah. Suez Canal maritime traffic has resumed to "normal" after the 225-metre-long cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain ran aground but was then refloated and towed away, according to Egyptian authorities. IMAGES
The first aid vessel heading to Gaza via a new maritime corridor is seen off the coast of the war-ravaged territory. IMAGES
On a visit to the Philippine Coast Guard headquarters in Manila, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida boards a Japan-made BRP Teresa Magbanua ship with commandant Admiral Ronnie Gavan. Japan is committed to helping "improve the Philippines maritime law enforcement capability including the provision of patrol vessels and defence equipment and technology cooperation," according to a speech Kishida made at the Philippine presidential palace on November 3. IMAGES
Chinese coast guard ships are seen patrolling the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. A Chinese coast guard personnel aboard an inflatable boat approaches a group of Filipino fishermen collecting shells on the shallow part of the shoal. Beijing seized control of Scarborough Shoal -- known in the Philippines as Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal -- from Manila in 2012 following a tense standoff. IMAGES