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Plastic Factory in Dhaka
October 16, 2025, Dhaka, Bangladesh: A worker transports sacks of discarded plastic bags near the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Plastic Bottle Recycling in Bangladesh
October 14, 2025, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Workers sort used plastic bottles in a recycling factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They help to prevent the bottles from being discarded, sent to landfill, where they can take 1,000 years to biodegrade, or incinerated, which produces toxic fumes. The emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gases will be reduced if recycling takes place in the production of new plastics. This small yet significant act supports environmental sustainability by promoting a responsible cycle of reuse, reducing the strain on natural resources, and safeguarding our ecosystem for future generations. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Cigarette Butts Collected In Plastic Container
A small plastic container filled with cigarette butts sits on a table next to empty soft drink bottles and a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 1, 2025. The scene highlights issues of waste, smoking, and littering in public spaces. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto) -
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Full Glass Recycling Containers
Full underground glass recycling containers surrounded by empty bottles on a cobblestone street in Liege, Belgium, September 6, 2025. The containers are part of the city's waste management system for glass recycling. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto) -
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Full Glass Recycling Containers
Full underground glass recycling containers surrounded by empty bottles on a cobblestone street in Liege, Belgium, September 6, 2025. The containers are part of the city's waste management system for glass recycling. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto) -
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Full Glass Recycling Containers
A full underground glass recycling container surrounded by empty bottles on a cobblestone street in Liege, Belgium, September 6, 2025. The containers are part of the city's waste management system for glass recycling. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto) -
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Garbage
Garbage is collected on a street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Graham Hughes/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Sorting Facility
A high pile of stacked newspapers is in a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Sofia, Bulgaria, on August 21, 2025. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Sorting Facility
Female workers sort paper waste on a waste recycling conveyor in a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Sofia, Bulgaria, on August 21, 2025. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Sorting Facility
Female workers sort paper waste on a waste recycling conveyor in a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Sofia, Bulgaria, on August 21, 2025. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Sorting Facility
Female workers sort paper waste on a waste recycling conveyor in a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Sofia, Bulgaria, on August 21, 2025. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Sorting Facility
Female workers sort paper waste on a waste recycling conveyor in a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Sofia, Bulgaria, on August 21, 2025. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Sorting Facility
Female workers sort paper waste on a waste recycling conveyor in a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Sofia, Bulgaria, on August 21, 2025. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto) -
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Durga Puja Preparation In Kolkata, India
Artisans decorate a temporary pandal under construction and use disposable plastic bottles with the theme of plastic pollution in Kolkata, India, on September 9, 2025, ahead of the Durga Puja festival. As the world's population continues to grow, the amount of garbage that people produce also increases. On-the-go lifestyles require easily disposable products, such as soda cans or bottles of water, but the accumulation of these products leads to increasing amounts of plastic pollution around the world. As plastic is composed of major toxic pollutants, it has the potential to cause great harm to the environment in the form of air, water, and land pollution ahead of the Durga Puja Hindu festival. The festival starts on September 28 and ends on October 2. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto) -
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Durga Puja Preparation In Kolkata, India
Artisans decorate a temporary pandal under construction and use disposable plastic bottles with the theme of plastic pollution in Kolkata, India, on September 9, 2025, ahead of the Durga Puja festival. As the world's population continues to grow, the amount of garbage that people produce also increases. On-the-go lifestyles require easily disposable products, such as soda cans or bottles of water, but the accumulation of these products leads to increasing amounts of plastic pollution around the world. As plastic is composed of major toxic pollutants, it has the potential to cause great harm to the environment in the form of air, water, and land pollution ahead of the Durga Puja Hindu festival. The festival starts on September 28 and ends on October 2. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto) -
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Durga Puja Preparation In Kolkata, India
Artisans decorate a temporary pandal under construction and use disposable plastic bottles with the theme of plastic pollution in Kolkata, India, on September 9, 2025, ahead of the Durga Puja festival. As the world's population continues to grow, the amount of garbage that people produce also increases. On-the-go lifestyles require easily disposable products, such as soda cans or bottles of water, but the accumulation of these products leads to increasing amounts of plastic pollution around the world. As plastic is composed of major toxic pollutants, it has the potential to cause great harm to the environment in the form of air, water, and land pollution ahead of the Durga Puja Hindu festival. The festival starts on September 28 and ends on October 2. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto) -
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Daily LIfe In Berlin, Germany
Garbage swells from a garbage bin on a walkside in Berlin, Germany, on August 23, 2025. (Photo by Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto) -
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Daily LIfe In Berlin, Germany
Garbage swells from a garbage bin on a walkside in Berlin, Germany, on August 23, 2025. (Photo by Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto) -
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HMS Bristol departs Portsmouth for the last time by Maritime Photographic
The former Royal Navy Type 82 destroyer, HMS Bristol pictured leaving Portsmouth Harbour, Hants, this morning, for the last time, en route to Aliaga in Turkey for scrapping. The Falklands War veteran and Harbour training Ship was seen off by scores of former sailors from the Round Tower as she was towed out of Portsmouth Harbour at around 6:30am this morning. (FOTO: DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS)
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HMS Bristol departs Portsmouth for the last time by Maritime Photographic
The former Royal Navy Type 82 destroyer, HMS Bristol pictured leaving Portsmouth Harbour, Hants, this morning, for the last time, en route to Aliaga in Turkey for scrapping. The Falklands War veteran and Harbour training Ship was seen off by scores of former sailors from the Round Tower as she was towed out of Portsmouth Harbour at around 6:30am this morning. (FOTO: DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS)
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HMS Bristol departs Portsmouth for the last time by Maritime Photographic
The former Royal Navy Type 82 destroyer, HMS Bristol pictured leaving Portsmouth Harbour, Hants, this morning, for the last time, en route to Aliaga in Turkey for scrapping. The Falklands War veteran and Harbour training Ship was seen off by scores of former sailors from the Round Tower as she was towed out of Portsmouth Harbour at around 6:30am this morning. (FOTO: DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS)
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Le ministère de la défense britannique à dévoilé un chien robot pour détecter et désamorcer les bombes
Pictures must credit: Ministry of Defence Britain’s defence chiefs have unveiled a new recruit — a robot dog for detecting and defusing bombs. The new generation of bomb disposal robots that are much more agile, intelligent, and can take over many of the tasks of the human operators. The Ministry of Defence has taken the four-legged Spot, produced by US company Boston Dynamics as the basis for the innovations. In recent four-day trials conducted by its Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, known as Dstl, the demolition dogs demonstrated their ability to seek out, detect, and classify bomb threats. They were able to diffuse them using the robot’s optional robotic arm or from a shot from a bolt-firing gun fitted to its back, to deal with smaller improvised explosive devices known as IEDs. During these exercises, a human operator was in the loop, but the artificial intelligence capabilities of the robot allowed it to take over many of the tasks. This meant more precise and delicate movements while the operator concentrated on more important aspects of the job. The trials involved a series of scenarios, where the robot was asked to perform various tasks . These included opening and closing doors autonomously, navigating stairs, inspecting improvised IEDs and consequently firing disruptors at IEDs to render them safe. Picture supplied by JLPPA
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Le ministère de la défense britannique à dévoilé un chien robot pour détecter et désamorcer les bombes
Pictures must credit: Ministry of Defence Britain’s defence chiefs have unveiled a new recruit — a robot dog for detecting and defusing bombs. The new generation of bomb disposal robots that are much more agile, intelligent, and can take over many of the tasks of the human operators. The Ministry of Defence has taken the four-legged Spot, produced by US company Boston Dynamics as the basis for the innovations. In recent four-day trials conducted by its Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, known as Dstl, the demolition dogs demonstrated their ability to seek out, detect, and classify bomb threats. They were able to diffuse them using the robot’s optional robotic arm or from a shot from a bolt-firing gun fitted to its back, to deal with smaller improvised explosive devices known as IEDs. During these exercises, a human operator was in the loop, but the artificial intelligence capabilities of the robot allowed it to take over many of the tasks. This meant more precise and delicate movements while the operator concentrated on more important aspects of the job. The trials involved a series of scenarios, where the robot was asked to perform various tasks . These included opening and closing doors autonomously, navigating stairs, inspecting improvised IEDs and consequently firing disruptors at IEDs to render them safe. Picture supplied by JLPPA
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Le ministère de la défense britannique à dévoilé un chien robot pour détecter et désamorcer les bombes
Pictures must credit: Ministry of Defence Britain’s defence chiefs have unveiled a new recruit — a robot dog for detecting and defusing bombs. The new generation of bomb disposal robots that are much more agile, intelligent, and can take over many of the tasks of the human operators. The Ministry of Defence has taken the four-legged Spot, produced by US company Boston Dynamics as the basis for the innovations. In recent four-day trials conducted by its Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, known as Dstl, the demolition dogs demonstrated their ability to seek out, detect, and classify bomb threats. They were able to diffuse them using the robot’s optional robotic arm or from a shot from a bolt-firing gun fitted to its back, to deal with smaller improvised explosive devices known as IEDs. During these exercises, a human operator was in the loop, but the artificial intelligence capabilities of the robot allowed it to take over many of the tasks. This meant more precise and delicate movements while the operator concentrated on more important aspects of the job. The trials involved a series of scenarios, where the robot was asked to perform various tasks . These included opening and closing doors autonomously, navigating stairs, inspecting improvised IEDs and consequently firing disruptors at IEDs to render them safe. Picture supplied by JLPPA
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Le ministère de la défense britannique à dévoilé un chien robot pour détecter et désamorcer les bombes
Pictures must credit: Ministry of Defence Britain’s defence chiefs have unveiled a new recruit — a robot dog for detecting and defusing bombs. The new generation of bomb disposal robots that are much more agile, intelligent, and can take over many of the tasks of the human operators. The Ministry of Defence has taken the four-legged Spot, produced by US company Boston Dynamics as the basis for the innovations. In recent four-day trials conducted by its Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, known as Dstl, the demolition dogs demonstrated their ability to seek out, detect, and classify bomb threats. They were able to diffuse them using the robot’s optional robotic arm or from a shot from a bolt-firing gun fitted to its back, to deal with smaller improvised explosive devices known as IEDs. During these exercises, a human operator was in the loop, but the artificial intelligence capabilities of the robot allowed it to take over many of the tasks. This meant more precise and delicate movements while the operator concentrated on more important aspects of the job. The trials involved a series of scenarios, where the robot was asked to perform various tasks . These included opening and closing doors autonomously, navigating stairs, inspecting improvised IEDs and consequently firing disruptors at IEDs to render them safe. Picture supplied by JLPPA
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Le ministère de la défense britannique à dévoilé un chien robot pour détecter et désamorcer les bombes
Pictures must credit: Ministry of Defence Britain’s defence chiefs have unveiled a new recruit — a robot dog for detecting and defusing bombs. The new generation of bomb disposal robots that are much more agile, intelligent, and can take over many of the tasks of the human operators. The Ministry of Defence has taken the four-legged Spot, produced by US company Boston Dynamics as the basis for the innovations. In recent four-day trials conducted by its Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, known as Dstl, the demolition dogs demonstrated their ability to seek out, detect, and classify bomb threats. They were able to diffuse them using the robot’s optional robotic arm or from a shot from a bolt-firing gun fitted to its back, to deal with smaller improvised explosive devices known as IEDs. During these exercises, a human operator was in the loop, but the artificial intelligence capabilities of the robot allowed it to take over many of the tasks. This meant more precise and delicate movements while the operator concentrated on more important aspects of the job. The trials involved a series of scenarios, where the robot was asked to perform various tasks . These included opening and closing doors autonomously, navigating stairs, inspecting improvised IEDs and consequently firing disruptors at IEDs to render them safe. Picture supplied by JLPPA
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Le ministère de la défense britannique à dévoilé un chien robot pour détecter et désamorcer les bombes
Pictures must credit: Ministry of Defence Britain’s defence chiefs have unveiled a new recruit — a robot dog for detecting and defusing bombs. The new generation of bomb disposal robots that are much more agile, intelligent, and can take over many of the tasks of the human operators. The Ministry of Defence has taken the four-legged Spot, produced by US company Boston Dynamics as the basis for the innovations. In recent four-day trials conducted by its Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, known as Dstl, the demolition dogs demonstrated their ability to seek out, detect, and classify bomb threats. They were able to diffuse them using the robot’s optional robotic arm or from a shot from a bolt-firing gun fitted to its back, to deal with smaller improvised explosive devices known as IEDs. During these exercises, a human operator was in the loop, but the artificial intelligence capabilities of the robot allowed it to take over many of the tasks. This meant more precise and delicate movements while the operator concentrated on more important aspects of the job. The trials involved a series of scenarios, where the robot was asked to perform various tasks . These included opening and closing doors autonomously, navigating stairs, inspecting improvised IEDs and consequently firing disruptors at IEDs to render them safe. Picture supplied by JLPPA
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Le ministère de la défense britannique à dévoilé un chien robot pour détecter et désamorcer les bombes
Pictures must credit: Ministry of Defence Britain’s defence chiefs have unveiled a new recruit — a robot dog for detecting and defusing bombs. The new generation of bomb disposal robots that are much more agile, intelligent, and can take over many of the tasks of the human operators. The Ministry of Defence has taken the four-legged Spot, produced by US company Boston Dynamics as the basis for the innovations. In recent four-day trials conducted by its Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, known as Dstl, the demolition dogs demonstrated their ability to seek out, detect, and classify bomb threats. They were able to diffuse them using the robot’s optional robotic arm or from a shot from a bolt-firing gun fitted to its back, to deal with smaller improvised explosive devices known as IEDs. During these exercises, a human operator was in the loop, but the artificial intelligence capabilities of the robot allowed it to take over many of the tasks. This meant more precise and delicate movements while the operator concentrated on more important aspects of the job. The trials involved a series of scenarios, where the robot was asked to perform various tasks . These included opening and closing doors autonomously, navigating stairs, inspecting improvised IEDs and consequently firing disruptors at IEDs to render them safe. Picture supplied by JLPPA
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Le ministère de la défense britannique à dévoilé un chien robot pour détecter et désamorcer les bombes
Pictures must credit: Ministry of Defence Britain’s defence chiefs have unveiled a new recruit — a robot dog for detecting and defusing bombs. The new generation of bomb disposal robots that are much more agile, intelligent, and can take over many of the tasks of the human operators. The Ministry of Defence has taken the four-legged Spot, produced by US company Boston Dynamics as the basis for the innovations. In recent four-day trials conducted by its Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, known as Dstl, the demolition dogs demonstrated their ability to seek out, detect, and classify bomb threats. They were able to diffuse them using the robot’s optional robotic arm or from a shot from a bolt-firing gun fitted to its back, to deal with smaller improvised explosive devices known as IEDs. During these exercises, a human operator was in the loop, but the artificial intelligence capabilities of the robot allowed it to take over many of the tasks. This meant more precise and delicate movements while the operator concentrated on more important aspects of the job. The trials involved a series of scenarios, where the robot was asked to perform various tasks . These included opening and closing doors autonomously, navigating stairs, inspecting improvised IEDs and consequently firing disruptors at IEDs to render them safe. Picture supplied by JLPPA
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Le ministère de la défense britannique à dévoilé un chien robot pour détecter et désamorcer les bombes
Pictures must credit: Ministry of Defence Britain’s defence chiefs have unveiled a new recruit — a robot dog for detecting and defusing bombs. The new generation of bomb disposal robots that are much more agile, intelligent, and can take over many of the tasks of the human operators. The Ministry of Defence has taken the four-legged Spot, produced by US company Boston Dynamics as the basis for the innovations. In recent four-day trials conducted by its Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, known as Dstl, the demolition dogs demonstrated their ability to seek out, detect, and classify bomb threats. They were able to diffuse them using the robot’s optional robotic arm or from a shot from a bolt-firing gun fitted to its back, to deal with smaller improvised explosive devices known as IEDs. During these exercises, a human operator was in the loop, but the artificial intelligence capabilities of the robot allowed it to take over many of the tasks. This meant more precise and delicate movements while the operator concentrated on more important aspects of the job. The trials involved a series of scenarios, where the robot was asked to perform various tasks . These included opening and closing doors autonomously, navigating stairs, inspecting improvised IEDs and consequently firing disruptors at IEDs to render them safe. Picture supplied by JLPPA
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FEATURE - Elefanten auf Nahrungssuche auf einer Mülldeponie in Sri Lanka
**MANDATORY CREDIT: Tharmaplan Tilaxan/Cover Images**
These harrowing images of elephants foraging for food on a Sri Lankan garbage facility were captured by Tharmaplan Tilaxan, a Jaffna-based photographer.
Elephants normally travel over 30 km per day and seed up to 3500 new trees a day. For the Oluvhil Palakadhu elephants many things have changed and their changed behavior will change our landscape. Tharmapalan Tilaxan has observed this open garbage dump amidst the jungles of the Eastern Province for many months and documented the hazards this poses to the local elephant population.
He explains the scenes in his own words:
In the eastern province, a herd of wild elephants have picked up a peculiar—and sad—habit: Since of late, these elephants have been seen foraging for food in garbage dumps.
One garbage dump—situated near an area near known as ‘Ashraf Nagar’ close to the forest bordering the Oluvil-Pallakadu area in the Ampara district—is considered the cause of this new, destructive and unhealthy habit.
Garbage from Sammanthurai, Kalmunai, Karaitheevu, Ninthavur, Addalachchenai, Akkaraipattu and Alaiyadi Vembu is dumped here, and has slowly encroached on the adjacent forest, becoming easily accessible to the wild elephants of Oluvil.
As a result of unintentionally consuming microplastics and polythene, large quantities of undigested pollutants have been found in the excretion of these wild animals. A number of postmortems carried out on elephant cadavers have yielded plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomach contents.
The herd of wild elephants—numbering about 25-30—now accustomed to feeding so close to human habitat have also begun to invade nearby paddy fields and villages seeking more food adding more tension to the already fraught relationship between the villagers and the wild animals.
Despite a number of roundtable discussions with authorities that arrived at many solutions — including the constructi
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FEATURE - Elefanten auf Nahrungssuche auf einer Mülldeponie in Sri Lanka
**MANDATORY CREDIT: Tharmaplan Tilaxan/Cover Images**
These harrowing images of elephants foraging for food on a Sri Lankan garbage facility were captured by Tharmaplan Tilaxan, a Jaffna-based photographer.
Elephants normally travel over 30 km per day and seed up to 3500 new trees a day. For the Oluvhil Palakadhu elephants many things have changed and their changed behavior will change our landscape. Tharmapalan Tilaxan has observed this open garbage dump amidst the jungles of the Eastern Province for many months and documented the hazards this poses to the local elephant population.
He explains the scenes in his own words:
In the eastern province, a herd of wild elephants have picked up a peculiar—and sad—habit: Since of late, these elephants have been seen foraging for food in garbage dumps.
One garbage dump—situated near an area near known as ‘Ashraf Nagar’ close to the forest bordering the Oluvil-Pallakadu area in the Ampara district—is considered the cause of this new, destructive and unhealthy habit.
Garbage from Sammanthurai, Kalmunai, Karaitheevu, Ninthavur, Addalachchenai, Akkaraipattu and Alaiyadi Vembu is dumped here, and has slowly encroached on the adjacent forest, becoming easily accessible to the wild elephants of Oluvil.
As a result of unintentionally consuming microplastics and polythene, large quantities of undigested pollutants have been found in the excretion of these wild animals. A number of postmortems carried out on elephant cadavers have yielded plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomach contents.
The herd of wild elephants—numbering about 25-30—now accustomed to feeding so close to human habitat have also begun to invade nearby paddy fields and villages seeking more food adding more tension to the already fraught relationship between the villagers and the wild animals.
Despite a number of roundtable discussions with authorities that arrived at many solutions — including the constructi
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FEATURE - Elefanten auf Nahrungssuche auf einer Mülldeponie in Sri Lanka
**MANDATORY CREDIT: Tharmaplan Tilaxan/Cover Images**
These harrowing images of elephants foraging for food on a Sri Lankan garbage facility were captured by Tharmaplan Tilaxan, a Jaffna-based photographer.
Elephants normally travel over 30 km per day and seed up to 3500 new trees a day. For the Oluvhil Palakadhu elephants many things have changed and their changed behavior will change our landscape. Tharmapalan Tilaxan has observed this open garbage dump amidst the jungles of the Eastern Province for many months and documented the hazards this poses to the local elephant population.
He explains the scenes in his own words:
In the eastern province, a herd of wild elephants have picked up a peculiar—and sad—habit: Since of late, these elephants have been seen foraging for food in garbage dumps.
One garbage dump—situated near an area near known as ‘Ashraf Nagar’ close to the forest bordering the Oluvil-Pallakadu area in the Ampara district—is considered the cause of this new, destructive and unhealthy habit.
Garbage from Sammanthurai, Kalmunai, Karaitheevu, Ninthavur, Addalachchenai, Akkaraipattu and Alaiyadi Vembu is dumped here, and has slowly encroached on the adjacent forest, becoming easily accessible to the wild elephants of Oluvil.
As a result of unintentionally consuming microplastics and polythene, large quantities of undigested pollutants have been found in the excretion of these wild animals. A number of postmortems carried out on elephant cadavers have yielded plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomach contents.
The herd of wild elephants—numbering about 25-30—now accustomed to feeding so close to human habitat have also begun to invade nearby paddy fields and villages seeking more food adding more tension to the already fraught relationship between the villagers and the wild animals.
Despite a number of roundtable discussions with authorities that arrived at many solutions — including the constructi
(c) Dukas -
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FEATURE - Elefanten auf Nahrungssuche auf einer Mülldeponie in Sri Lanka
**MANDATORY CREDIT: Tharmaplan Tilaxan/Cover Images**
These harrowing images of elephants foraging for food on a Sri Lankan garbage facility were captured by Tharmaplan Tilaxan, a Jaffna-based photographer.
Elephants normally travel over 30 km per day and seed up to 3500 new trees a day. For the Oluvhil Palakadhu elephants many things have changed and their changed behavior will change our landscape. Tharmapalan Tilaxan has observed this open garbage dump amidst the jungles of the Eastern Province for many months and documented the hazards this poses to the local elephant population.
He explains the scenes in his own words:
In the eastern province, a herd of wild elephants have picked up a peculiar—and sad—habit: Since of late, these elephants have been seen foraging for food in garbage dumps.
One garbage dump—situated near an area near known as ‘Ashraf Nagar’ close to the forest bordering the Oluvil-Pallakadu area in the Ampara district—is considered the cause of this new, destructive and unhealthy habit.
Garbage from Sammanthurai, Kalmunai, Karaitheevu, Ninthavur, Addalachchenai, Akkaraipattu and Alaiyadi Vembu is dumped here, and has slowly encroached on the adjacent forest, becoming easily accessible to the wild elephants of Oluvil.
As a result of unintentionally consuming microplastics and polythene, large quantities of undigested pollutants have been found in the excretion of these wild animals. A number of postmortems carried out on elephant cadavers have yielded plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomach contents.
The herd of wild elephants—numbering about 25-30—now accustomed to feeding so close to human habitat have also begun to invade nearby paddy fields and villages seeking more food adding more tension to the already fraught relationship between the villagers and the wild animals.
Despite a number of roundtable discussions with authorities that arrived at many solutions — including the constructi
(c) Dukas -
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FEATURE - Elefanten auf Nahrungssuche auf einer Mülldeponie in Sri Lanka
**MANDATORY CREDIT: Tharmaplan Tilaxan/Cover Images**
These harrowing images of elephants foraging for food on a Sri Lankan garbage facility were captured by Tharmaplan Tilaxan, a Jaffna-based photographer.
Elephants normally travel over 30 km per day and seed up to 3500 new trees a day. For the Oluvhil Palakadhu elephants many things have changed and their changed behavior will change our landscape. Tharmapalan Tilaxan has observed this open garbage dump amidst the jungles of the Eastern Province for many months and documented the hazards this poses to the local elephant population.
He explains the scenes in his own words:
In the eastern province, a herd of wild elephants have picked up a peculiar—and sad—habit: Since of late, these elephants have been seen foraging for food in garbage dumps.
One garbage dump—situated near an area near known as ‘Ashraf Nagar’ close to the forest bordering the Oluvil-Pallakadu area in the Ampara district—is considered the cause of this new, destructive and unhealthy habit.
Garbage from Sammanthurai, Kalmunai, Karaitheevu, Ninthavur, Addalachchenai, Akkaraipattu and Alaiyadi Vembu is dumped here, and has slowly encroached on the adjacent forest, becoming easily accessible to the wild elephants of Oluvil.
As a result of unintentionally consuming microplastics and polythene, large quantities of undigested pollutants have been found in the excretion of these wild animals. A number of postmortems carried out on elephant cadavers have yielded plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomach contents.
The herd of wild elephants—numbering about 25-30—now accustomed to feeding so close to human habitat have also begun to invade nearby paddy fields and villages seeking more food adding more tension to the already fraught relationship between the villagers and the wild animals.
Despite a number of roundtable discussions with authorities that arrived at many solutions — including the constructi
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FEATURE - Elefanten auf Nahrungssuche auf einer Mülldeponie in Sri Lanka
**MANDATORY CREDIT: Tharmaplan Tilaxan/Cover Images**
These harrowing images of elephants foraging for food on a Sri Lankan garbage facility were captured by Tharmaplan Tilaxan, a Jaffna-based photographer.
Elephants normally travel over 30 km per day and seed up to 3500 new trees a day. For the Oluvhil Palakadhu elephants many things have changed and their changed behavior will change our landscape. Tharmapalan Tilaxan has observed this open garbage dump amidst the jungles of the Eastern Province for many months and documented the hazards this poses to the local elephant population.
He explains the scenes in his own words:
In the eastern province, a herd of wild elephants have picked up a peculiar—and sad—habit: Since of late, these elephants have been seen foraging for food in garbage dumps.
One garbage dump—situated near an area near known as ‘Ashraf Nagar’ close to the forest bordering the Oluvil-Pallakadu area in the Ampara district—is considered the cause of this new, destructive and unhealthy habit.
Garbage from Sammanthurai, Kalmunai, Karaitheevu, Ninthavur, Addalachchenai, Akkaraipattu and Alaiyadi Vembu is dumped here, and has slowly encroached on the adjacent forest, becoming easily accessible to the wild elephants of Oluvil.
As a result of unintentionally consuming microplastics and polythene, large quantities of undigested pollutants have been found in the excretion of these wild animals. A number of postmortems carried out on elephant cadavers have yielded plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomach contents.
The herd of wild elephants—numbering about 25-30—now accustomed to feeding so close to human habitat have also begun to invade nearby paddy fields and villages seeking more food adding more tension to the already fraught relationship between the villagers and the wild animals.
Despite a number of roundtable discussions with authorities that arrived at many solutions — including the constructi
(c) Dukas -
DUK10137073_010
FEATURE - Elefanten auf Nahrungssuche auf einer Mülldeponie in Sri Lanka
**MANDATORY CREDIT: Tharmaplan Tilaxan/Cover Images**
These harrowing images of elephants foraging for food on a Sri Lankan garbage facility were captured by Tharmaplan Tilaxan, a Jaffna-based photographer.
Elephants normally travel over 30 km per day and seed up to 3500 new trees a day. For the Oluvhil Palakadhu elephants many things have changed and their changed behavior will change our landscape. Tharmapalan Tilaxan has observed this open garbage dump amidst the jungles of the Eastern Province for many months and documented the hazards this poses to the local elephant population.
He explains the scenes in his own words:
In the eastern province, a herd of wild elephants have picked up a peculiar—and sad—habit: Since of late, these elephants have been seen foraging for food in garbage dumps.
One garbage dump—situated near an area near known as ‘Ashraf Nagar’ close to the forest bordering the Oluvil-Pallakadu area in the Ampara district—is considered the cause of this new, destructive and unhealthy habit.
Garbage from Sammanthurai, Kalmunai, Karaitheevu, Ninthavur, Addalachchenai, Akkaraipattu and Alaiyadi Vembu is dumped here, and has slowly encroached on the adjacent forest, becoming easily accessible to the wild elephants of Oluvil.
As a result of unintentionally consuming microplastics and polythene, large quantities of undigested pollutants have been found in the excretion of these wild animals. A number of postmortems carried out on elephant cadavers have yielded plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomach contents.
The herd of wild elephants—numbering about 25-30—now accustomed to feeding so close to human habitat have also begun to invade nearby paddy fields and villages seeking more food adding more tension to the already fraught relationship between the villagers and the wild animals.
Despite a number of roundtable discussions with authorities that arrived at many solutions — including the constructi
(c) Dukas -
DUK10137073_009
FEATURE - Elefanten auf Nahrungssuche auf einer Mülldeponie in Sri Lanka
**MANDATORY CREDIT: Tharmaplan Tilaxan/Cover Images**
These harrowing images of elephants foraging for food on a Sri Lankan garbage facility were captured by Tharmaplan Tilaxan, a Jaffna-based photographer.
Elephants normally travel over 30 km per day and seed up to 3500 new trees a day. For the Oluvhil Palakadhu elephants many things have changed and their changed behavior will change our landscape. Tharmapalan Tilaxan has observed this open garbage dump amidst the jungles of the Eastern Province for many months and documented the hazards this poses to the local elephant population.
He explains the scenes in his own words:
In the eastern province, a herd of wild elephants have picked up a peculiar—and sad—habit: Since of late, these elephants have been seen foraging for food in garbage dumps.
One garbage dump—situated near an area near known as ‘Ashraf Nagar’ close to the forest bordering the Oluvil-Pallakadu area in the Ampara district—is considered the cause of this new, destructive and unhealthy habit.
Garbage from Sammanthurai, Kalmunai, Karaitheevu, Ninthavur, Addalachchenai, Akkaraipattu and Alaiyadi Vembu is dumped here, and has slowly encroached on the adjacent forest, becoming easily accessible to the wild elephants of Oluvil.
As a result of unintentionally consuming microplastics and polythene, large quantities of undigested pollutants have been found in the excretion of these wild animals. A number of postmortems carried out on elephant cadavers have yielded plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomach contents.
The herd of wild elephants—numbering about 25-30—now accustomed to feeding so close to human habitat have also begun to invade nearby paddy fields and villages seeking more food adding more tension to the already fraught relationship between the villagers and the wild animals.
Despite a number of roundtable discussions with authorities that arrived at many solutions — including the constructi
(c) Dukas -
DUK10137073_007
FEATURE - Elefanten auf Nahrungssuche auf einer Mülldeponie in Sri Lanka
**MANDATORY CREDIT: Tharmaplan Tilaxan/Cover Images**
These harrowing images of elephants foraging for food on a Sri Lankan garbage facility were captured by Tharmaplan Tilaxan, a Jaffna-based photographer.
Elephants normally travel over 30 km per day and seed up to 3500 new trees a day. For the Oluvhil Palakadhu elephants many things have changed and their changed behavior will change our landscape. Tharmapalan Tilaxan has observed this open garbage dump amidst the jungles of the Eastern Province for many months and documented the hazards this poses to the local elephant population.
He explains the scenes in his own words:
In the eastern province, a herd of wild elephants have picked up a peculiar—and sad—habit: Since of late, these elephants have been seen foraging for food in garbage dumps.
One garbage dump—situated near an area near known as ‘Ashraf Nagar’ close to the forest bordering the Oluvil-Pallakadu area in the Ampara district—is considered the cause of this new, destructive and unhealthy habit.
Garbage from Sammanthurai, Kalmunai, Karaitheevu, Ninthavur, Addalachchenai, Akkaraipattu and Alaiyadi Vembu is dumped here, and has slowly encroached on the adjacent forest, becoming easily accessible to the wild elephants of Oluvil.
As a result of unintentionally consuming microplastics and polythene, large quantities of undigested pollutants have been found in the excretion of these wild animals. A number of postmortems carried out on elephant cadavers have yielded plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomach contents.
The herd of wild elephants—numbering about 25-30—now accustomed to feeding so close to human habitat have also begun to invade nearby paddy fields and villages seeking more food adding more tension to the already fraught relationship between the villagers and the wild animals.
Despite a number of roundtable discussions with authorities that arrived at many solutions — including the constructi
(c) Dukas -
DUK10137073_013
FEATURE - Elefanten auf Nahrungssuche auf einer Mülldeponie in Sri Lanka
**MANDATORY CREDIT: Tharmaplan Tilaxan/Cover Images**
These harrowing images of elephants foraging for food on a Sri Lankan garbage facility were captured by Tharmaplan Tilaxan, a Jaffna-based photographer.
Elephants normally travel over 30 km per day and seed up to 3500 new trees a day. For the Oluvhil Palakadhu elephants many things have changed and their changed behavior will change our landscape. Tharmapalan Tilaxan has observed this open garbage dump amidst the jungles of the Eastern Province for many months and documented the hazards this poses to the local elephant population.
He explains the scenes in his own words:
In the eastern province, a herd of wild elephants have picked up a peculiar—and sad—habit: Since of late, these elephants have been seen foraging for food in garbage dumps.
One garbage dump—situated near an area near known as ‘Ashraf Nagar’ close to the forest bordering the Oluvil-Pallakadu area in the Ampara district—is considered the cause of this new, destructive and unhealthy habit.
Garbage from Sammanthurai, Kalmunai, Karaitheevu, Ninthavur, Addalachchenai, Akkaraipattu and Alaiyadi Vembu is dumped here, and has slowly encroached on the adjacent forest, becoming easily accessible to the wild elephants of Oluvil.
As a result of unintentionally consuming microplastics and polythene, large quantities of undigested pollutants have been found in the excretion of these wild animals. A number of postmortems carried out on elephant cadavers have yielded plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomach contents.
The herd of wild elephants—numbering about 25-30—now accustomed to feeding so close to human habitat have also begun to invade nearby paddy fields and villages seeking more food adding more tension to the already fraught relationship between the villagers and the wild animals.
Despite a number of roundtable discussions with authorities that arrived at many solutions — including the constructi
(c) Dukas -
DUK10137073_012
FEATURE - Elefanten auf Nahrungssuche auf einer Mülldeponie in Sri Lanka
**MANDATORY CREDIT: Tharmaplan Tilaxan/Cover Images**
These harrowing images of elephants foraging for food on a Sri Lankan garbage facility were captured by Tharmaplan Tilaxan, a Jaffna-based photographer.
Elephants normally travel over 30 km per day and seed up to 3500 new trees a day. For the Oluvhil Palakadhu elephants many things have changed and their changed behavior will change our landscape. Tharmapalan Tilaxan has observed this open garbage dump amidst the jungles of the Eastern Province for many months and documented the hazards this poses to the local elephant population.
He explains the scenes in his own words:
In the eastern province, a herd of wild elephants have picked up a peculiar—and sad—habit: Since of late, these elephants have been seen foraging for food in garbage dumps.
One garbage dump—situated near an area near known as ‘Ashraf Nagar’ close to the forest bordering the Oluvil-Pallakadu area in the Ampara district—is considered the cause of this new, destructive and unhealthy habit.
Garbage from Sammanthurai, Kalmunai, Karaitheevu, Ninthavur, Addalachchenai, Akkaraipattu and Alaiyadi Vembu is dumped here, and has slowly encroached on the adjacent forest, becoming easily accessible to the wild elephants of Oluvil.
As a result of unintentionally consuming microplastics and polythene, large quantities of undigested pollutants have been found in the excretion of these wild animals. A number of postmortems carried out on elephant cadavers have yielded plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomach contents.
The herd of wild elephants—numbering about 25-30—now accustomed to feeding so close to human habitat have also begun to invade nearby paddy fields and villages seeking more food adding more tension to the already fraught relationship between the villagers and the wild animals.
Despite a number of roundtable discussions with authorities that arrived at many solutions — including the constructi
(c) Dukas -
DUK10110233_045
NEWS - Roms Müll steht in Flammen: Abfallanlage brennt lichterloh
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alessandro Serrano'/AGF/REX/Shutterstock (10025050ac)
The fire happened tonight at the waste disposal plant TMB Salario by AMA
Fire at TMB Salario waste disposal plant, Rome, Italy - 11 Dec 2018
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DUK10110233_044
NEWS - Roms Müll steht in Flammen: Abfallanlage brennt lichterloh
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alessandro Serrano'/AGF/REX/Shutterstock (10025050f)
Rescues by firefighters and Carabinieri for the fire happened tonight at the waste disposal plant TMB Salario by AMA
Fire at TMB Salario waste disposal plant, Rome, Italy - 11 Dec 2018
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DUK10110233_043
NEWS - Roms Müll steht in Flammen: Abfallanlage brennt lichterloh
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alessandro Serrano'/AGF/REX/Shutterstock (10025050aq)
The fire happened tonight at the waste disposal plant TMB Salario by AMA
Fire at TMB Salario waste disposal plant, Rome, Italy - 11 Dec 2018
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DUK10110233_042
NEWS - Roms Müll steht in Flammen: Abfallanlage brennt lichterloh
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alessandro Serrano'/AGF/REX/Shutterstock (10025050an)
The fire happened tonight at the waste disposal plant TMB Salario by AMA
Fire at TMB Salario waste disposal plant, Rome, Italy - 11 Dec 2018
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DUK10110233_041
NEWS - Roms Müll steht in Flammen: Abfallanlage brennt lichterloh
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alessandro Serrano'/AGF/REX/Shutterstock (10025050ak)
Rescues by firefighters and Carabinieri for the fire happened tonight at the waste disposal plant TMB Salario by AMA
Fire at TMB Salario waste disposal plant, Rome, Italy - 11 Dec 2018
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DUK10110233_040
NEWS - Roms Müll steht in Flammen: Abfallanlage brennt lichterloh
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alessandro Serrano'/AGF/REX/Shutterstock (10025050a)
Rescues by firefighters and Carabinieri for the fire happened tonight at the waste disposal plant TMB Salario by AMA
Fire at TMB Salario waste disposal plant, Rome, Italy - 11 Dec 2018
(c) Dukas -
DUK10110233_039
NEWS - Roms Müll steht in Flammen: Abfallanlage brennt lichterloh
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alessandro Serrano'/AGF/REX/Shutterstock (10025050c)
Rescues by firefighters and Carabinieri for the fire happened tonight at the waste disposal plant TMB Salario by AMA
Fire at TMB Salario waste disposal plant, Rome, Italy - 11 Dec 2018
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DUK10110233_038
NEWS - Roms Müll steht in Flammen: Abfallanlage brennt lichterloh
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alessandro Serrano'/AGF/REX/Shutterstock (10025050ap)
The fire happened tonight at the waste disposal plant TMB Salario by AMA
Fire at TMB Salario waste disposal plant, Rome, Italy - 11 Dec 2018
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DUK10110233_037
NEWS - Roms Müll steht in Flammen: Abfallanlage brennt lichterloh
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alessandro Serrano'/AGF/REX/Shutterstock (10025050r)
Rescues by firefighters and Carabinieri for the fire happened tonight at the waste disposal plant TMB Salario by AMA
Fire at TMB Salario waste disposal plant, Rome, Italy - 11 Dec 2018
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