Volunteers clean Lebanon beach as oil spill threatens nature - in pictures

The spill off the coast of Israel reached the southern Lebanese city of Tyre

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  Volunteers from youth associations clean contamination from a beach in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, following last week's offshore oil spill that hit the northern Israeli coastline and reached neighbouring Lebanon. AFP

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  The pollution that reached the southern Lebanese city of Tyre from a spill off the coast of Israel threatened loggerhead and green sea turtles. AFP

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  Masked and gloved volunteers were faced with beaches in the southern city of Tyre polluted by about 1.2 million tonnes of tar, Lebanese officials said. AFP

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  As individuals and groups help out in clearing beaches after an oil spill drenched much of the Mediterranean shoreline in Tyre Nature Reserve, south Lebanon, local authorities asked the UN, which has a presence in Lebanon, to consider assisting. Reuters

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  A volunteer displays a dead turtle - a casualty of an oil spill off Israel that washed up on the coast of southern Lebanon. Reuters

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  Young volunteers clean a contaminated beach in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. AFP

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  Members of security forces stand guard as volunteers clean a beach after an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea that washed up at Tyre in southern Lebanon. Reuters

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  Tar is collected and bagged for disposal at Tyre Nature Reserve in southern Lebanon. Reuters

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  Young volunteers clean a contaminated beach in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, following last week's offshore oil spill that drenched the northern Israeli coastline and reached parts of the neighbouring Lebanese beaches. AFP

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  Bat and ball games at Tyre in southern Lebanon as volunteers clean a beach after an oil spill. Reuters

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  Men clean a beach in the aftermath of an oil spill that drenched much of the Mediterranean shoreline at Tyre Nature Reserve, Lebanon. Reuters

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