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Added on the 09/08/2020 11:09:29 - Copyright : AFP EN
People gather on the beach as a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) remains stranded alive in Morro das Pedras beach, Florianopolis, southern Brazil. The specimen, a young adult female, approximately 11 meters long, was found dead on October 2, according to local organization ProFranca Instituto Australis. IMAGES
Nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, are stranded on a beach in western Indonesia, with local authorities saying they will not accept the new arrivals. The refugees arrived by boat at 3:00 am local time on Sunday (2000 GMT Saturday), the latest in what has been the largest influx of the persecuted Myanmar minority since 2015. IMAGES
More than 200 Rohingya refugees are huddled on the beaches of a remote Indonesian island after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals' efforts to push the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority back to sea. IMAGES
Aerial images of a humpback whale with her calf swimming in Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From July to October, humpback whales reach warm waters of Brazil's Atlantic coast where they were born, to start their mating ritual. IMAGES
Tasmania state wildlife services remove the carcasses of stranded pilot whales, after nearly 200 of them died on a beach in Tasmania. IMAGES
The beluga whale stranded in the river Seine in northern France was removed from the water early Wednesday in the first stage of an ambitious rescue operation. After nearly six hours of work, the 800-kilogram (1,800-pound) cetacean was lifted from the river by a net and crane at around 4:00 am (0200 GMT) and placed on a barge under the immediate care of a dozen veterinarians. IMAGES