In Pictures: Oil spill from wrecked ship threatens marine life in Mauritius

MV Wakashio, a Japanese-owned Panama-flagged bulk carrier, ran aground on a reef off the Indian Ocean island in July, threatening a marine ecological disaster.

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Aug 17, 2020, 09:00 AM

This aerial picture taken on Aug 16, 2020, shows the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground and broke into two parts near Blue Bay Marine Park, Mauritius. PHOTO: AFP

A picture taken on Aug 15, 2020, near Blue Bay Marine Park, shows the vessel MV Wakashio that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the coast of south-east Mauritius. PHOTO: AFP

The broken hull of the MV Wakashio after it ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, on Aug 13, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Workers install oil absorbent booms to protect the beach from spilled oil from the agrounded vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, off the coast of Mahebourg, on Aug 16, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Workers collect leaked oil at the beach in Riviere des Creoles, on Aug 15, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

This aerial picture taken on Aug 16, 2020, shows the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground and broke into two parts near Blue Bay Marine Park, Mauritius. PHOTO: AFP

Iridescence on the water at the beach in Petit Bel Air, due to the oil leaked from vessel MV Wakashio that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park, on Aug 15, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Stained mangroves at the beach in Petit Bel Air, due to the oil leaked from vessel MV Wakashio that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park, on Aug 15, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A drum containing collected seaweed and straw mixed with leaked oil from the MV Wakashio after it ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, on Aug 15, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A worker holds out his arms covered in thick oil from collecting seaweed and straw mixed with leaked oil from the MV Wakashio, on Aug 15, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Volunteers collect leaked oil from the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground at the beach in Bois des Amourettes, Mauritius, on Aug 13, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A satellite image obtained courtesy of Maxar Technologies shows an overview of the MV Wahashio shipwreck off the coast of Mauritius, on Aug 12, 2020. PHOTO: AFP/SATELLITE IMAGE ©2020 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES

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