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Waves from volcanic eruption causes oil spill in Peru

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Workers look at the oil in the waters of Cavero Beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru, on Tuesday. High waves attributed to the eruption of an undersea volcano in Tonga caused an oil spill. The Peruvian Civil Defense Institute said in a press release that a ship was loading oil into La Pampilla refinery on the Pacific coast on Sunday when strong waves moved the boat and caused the spill.
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Workers clean up oil from Cavero Beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru.
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Fishermen protest outside the Repsol plant against an oil spill oil on Cavero beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru.
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A clean-up worker walks on the oil-polluted Cavero beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru.
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Oil floats in the water off Cavero beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru.
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Workers clean oil from Cavero beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru.
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People walk on Cavero beach where oil pollutes the sand and rocks in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru.
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A worker pauses on Cavero beach during the cleaning of oil in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru.
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Oil pollutes Cavero beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru.
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A cyclist shows his oil-covered hands after stopping to put them into the polluted water on Cavero beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru.
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A youth cycles over oil-stained sand on Cavero beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru.
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Workers clean up oil from Cavero beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru.

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