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Volunteers rush to clean up Israel’s beaches, polluted by massive oil spill

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Serbia’s garbage-filled lake: 'We aren’t taught enough about the environment'

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Gabonese citizens raise the alarm over oil spills by French company Perenco

An oil spill has darkened the shores of Falcón and Carabobo states in northwestern Venezuela since late July. These images were posted on Twitter.

Frequent oil spills darken the ocean and beaches of northwestern Venezuela

The Clean Sea Operation (in French, "Opération Mer Propre") picked up dozens of surgical masks and latex gloves during two dives this weeked.

Sea clean-up in France shows pollution from Covid-19 pandemic

Small pieces of plastic washed ashore a beach in Tenerife in the Canary Islands in late March 2019. (Photo: María Celma Argaluza)

Canary Islands beach choked by tiny bits of plastic

People all across the world have been responding to a call to pick up litter. (Screengrab from social media)

How the #Trashtag challenge got people all over the world picking up litter

The Movement Against Pollution in Cape Verde publishes environmental alerts accompanied by photos on its Facebook page. Photos: Movimento Contra a Poluição em Cabo Verde / Facebook.

Cape Verdeans try to clean up their 'postcard island'

These students attend a school near the massive landfill in the Medina Coura neighbourhood.

In the heart of Bamako, a landfill takes over a neighbourhood

Drivers in the Iranian capital use a bewildering array of techniques to block detection by the city’s 600 traffic cameras.

'Human shields' help outsmart Iran's traffic cameras

Our Observer filmed several videos showing the trash build-up alongside the Niger River in Mali.

In Mali's capital, illegally dumped trash is clogging waterways

Trash represents an enormous challenge for Guinea, but also huge opportunities.

Reporters' Notebook: Can selfies solve Guinea's trash problem?

Women sort flowers discarded from temples.

Polluting flowers from India’s temples turned into organic products

A plane caught on film while flying over Russia shows off impressive trails of condensation because of the sun being behind it.

'Chemtrails': the conspiracy theory that aeroplanes are poisoning us

The polluted beach in Gaza. Photo from ICRC.

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Raw sewage flows onto Gaza’s beaches amid energy crisis

Photo of rubbish and flying toilets piling up in the Nairobi river. Photo from Clean Up Kenya.

Ban on plastic bags could stop “flying toilets” in Kenya’s slums

Heaps of rubbish cover the streets of Lviv. (Photo taken by our Observer on May 3, 2017).

Rubbish piles up, and rats roam, in the Ukrainian city of Lviv

People panning for gold on the Bia River. Photo sent by our Observer.

The 'gold rush' polluting Ivory Coast's drinking water

A mother wipes off a mosquito net covering her sleeping baby and shows off the thick layer of soot that has covered it. (Screengrab from a video published on Facebook).

Soot covers Nigeria's Port Harcourt as pollution spikes

On Saturday, January 28, several thousand people took to the streets of Ulaanbaatar, the Mongolian capital, to demand that the government address the city’s chronic pollution problem. Photo: Sainbayar Davaabat (@dsainbayar)

Mongolian winter smog surge ‘hell’ for children

How heavy oil pollution is threatening the island paradise of Mauritius

One man's campaign to clean up a beach in Rio

On the island of Borneo, researchers are helping local communities keep watch on their forest using drones. Photo by our Observer.

How drones are helping save forests in Borneo

Photo taken this year in Hong Kong. All images provided by Anirudh Sharma.

Turning car emissions into ink

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