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Prosperity

A worker collects garbage that washed into a river near Baclaran Church in Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 11. REUTERS/Noel Celis

https://www.reuters.com/pictures/photos-wading-through-river-plastic-monsoon-hit-manila-2026-08-11/

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Dead eyes

Luis Ferreira, a fisher from the Mocagua Indigenous reserve, holds up two red piranhas. Studies have shown that carnivorous fish tend to accumulate higher levels of mercury than non-predatory species.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2026/aug/10/mercury-pollution-in-the-colombian-amazon-in-pictures

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