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#13783672

4 Jun 2026

The remains of a large baleen whale, measuring 58 feet long and 20 feet wide, wash up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, on June 3, 2026. Mir Mohammad Ali, a researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, confirms the whale is a baleen species and emphasizes the importance of a necropsy to determine the cause of death, which could include ship strikes, entanglement, plastic ingestion, disease, or food scarcity. Local fishermen report seeing the carcass floating approximately 15 kilometers offshore before it was carried to the coastline by tides. Volunteers from the Coastal Environmental Protection Movement arrive to attempt a recovery, but the advanced decomposition prevents immediate extraction.

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#13783673

4 Jun 2026

The remains of a large baleen whale, measuring 58 feet long and 20 feet wide, wash up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, on June 3, 2026. Mir Mohammad Ali, a researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, confirms the whale is a baleen species and emphasizes the importance of a necropsy to determine the cause of death, which could include ship strikes, entanglement, plastic ingestion, disease, or food scarcity. Local fishermen report seeing the carcass floating approximately 15 kilometers offshore before it was carried to the coastline by tides. Volunteers from the Coastal Environmental Protection Movement arrive to attempt a recovery, but the advanced decomposition prevents immediate extraction.

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#13783674

4 Jun 2026

The remains of a large baleen whale, measuring 58 feet long and 20 feet wide, wash up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, on June 3, 2026. Mir Mohammad Ali, a researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, confirms the whale is a baleen species and emphasizes the importance of a necropsy to determine the cause of death, which could include ship strikes, entanglement, plastic ingestion, disease, or food scarcity. Local fishermen report seeing the carcass floating approximately 15 kilometers offshore before it was carried to the coastline by tides. Volunteers from the Coastal Environmental Protection Movement arrive to attempt a recovery, but the advanced decomposition prevents immediate extraction.

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#13783675

4 Jun 2026

The remains of a large baleen whale, measuring 58 feet long and 20 feet wide, wash up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, on June 3, 2026. Mir Mohammad Ali, a researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, confirms the whale is a baleen species and emphasizes the importance of a necropsy to determine the cause of death, which could include ship strikes, entanglement, plastic ingestion, disease, or food scarcity. Local fishermen report seeing the carcass floating approximately 15 kilometers offshore before it was carried to the coastline by tides. Volunteers from the Coastal Environmental Protection Movement arrive to attempt a recovery, but the advanced decomposition prevents immediate extraction.

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#13783676

4 Jun 2026

The remains of a large baleen whale, measuring 58 feet long and 20 feet wide, wash up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, on June 3, 2026. Mir Mohammad Ali, a researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, confirms the whale is a baleen species and emphasizes the importance of a necropsy to determine the cause of death, which could include ship strikes, entanglement, plastic ingestion, disease, or food scarcity. Local fishermen report seeing the carcass floating approximately 15 kilometers offshore before it was carried to the coastline by tides. Volunteers from the Coastal Environmental Protection Movement arrive to attempt a recovery, but the advanced decomposition prevents immediate extraction.

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#13783677

4 Jun 2026

The remains of a large baleen whale, measuring 58 feet long and 20 feet wide, wash up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, on June 3, 2026. Mir Mohammad Ali, a researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, confirms the whale is a baleen species and emphasizes the importance of a necropsy to determine the cause of death, which could include ship strikes, entanglement, plastic ingestion, disease, or food scarcity. Local fishermen report seeing the carcass floating approximately 15 kilometers offshore before it was carried to the coastline by tides. Volunteers from the Coastal Environmental Protection Movement arrive to attempt a recovery, but the advanced decomposition prevents immediate extraction.

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#13783678

4 Jun 2026

The remains of a large baleen whale, measuring 58 feet long and 20 feet wide, wash up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, on June 3, 2026. Mir Mohammad Ali, a researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, confirms the whale is a baleen species and emphasizes the importance of a necropsy to determine the cause of death, which could include ship strikes, entanglement, plastic ingestion, disease, or food scarcity. Local fishermen report seeing the carcass floating approximately 15 kilometers offshore before it was carried to the coastline by tides. Volunteers from the Coastal Environmental Protection Movement arrive to attempt a recovery, but the advanced decomposition prevents immediate extraction.

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#13783679

4 Jun 2026

The remains of a large baleen whale, measuring 58 feet long and 20 feet wide, wash up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, on June 3, 2026. Mir Mohammad Ali, a researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, confirms the whale is a baleen species and emphasizes the importance of a necropsy to determine the cause of death, which could include ship strikes, entanglement, plastic ingestion, disease, or food scarcity. Local fishermen report seeing the carcass floating approximately 15 kilometers offshore before it was carried to the coastline by tides. Volunteers from the Coastal Environmental Protection Movement arrive to attempt a recovery, but the advanced decomposition prevents immediate extraction.

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#13783680

4 Jun 2026

The remains of a large baleen whale, measuring 58 feet long and 20 feet wide, wash up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, on June 3, 2026. Mir Mohammad Ali, a researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, confirms the whale is a baleen species and emphasizes the importance of a necropsy to determine the cause of death, which could include ship strikes, entanglement, plastic ingestion, disease, or food scarcity. Local fishermen report seeing the carcass floating approximately 15 kilometers offshore before it was carried to the coastline by tides. Volunteers from the Coastal Environmental Protection Movement arrive to attempt a recovery, but the advanced decomposition prevents immediate extraction.

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#13783681

4 Jun 2026

The remains of a large baleen whale, measuring 58 feet long and 20 feet wide, wash up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, on June 3, 2026. Mir Mohammad Ali, a researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, confirms the whale is a baleen species and emphasizes the importance of a necropsy to determine the cause of death, which could include ship strikes, entanglement, plastic ingestion, disease, or food scarcity. Local fishermen report seeing the carcass floating approximately 15 kilometers offshore before it was carried to the coastline by tides. Volunteers from the Coastal Environmental Protection Movement arrive to attempt a recovery, but the advanced decomposition prevents immediate extraction.

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#13783682

4 Jun 2026

The remains of a large baleen whale, measuring 58 feet long and 20 feet wide, wash up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, on June 3, 2026. Mir Mohammad Ali, a researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, confirms the whale is a baleen species and emphasizes the importance of a necropsy to determine the cause of death, which could include ship strikes, entanglement, plastic ingestion, disease, or food scarcity. Local fishermen report seeing the carcass floating approximately 15 kilometers offshore before it was carried to the coastline by tides. Volunteers from the Coastal Environmental Protection Movement arrive to attempt a recovery, but the advanced decomposition prevents immediate extraction.

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4 Jun 2026

The remains of a large baleen whale, measuring 58 feet long and 20 feet wide, wash up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, on June 3, 2026. Mir Mohammad Ali, a researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, confirms the whale is a baleen species and emphasizes the importance of a necropsy to determine the cause of death, which could include ship strikes, entanglement, plastic ingestion, disease, or food scarcity. Local fishermen report seeing the carcass floating approximately 15 kilometers offshore before it was carried to the coastline by tides. Volunteers from the Coastal Environmental Protection Movement arrive to attempt a recovery, but the advanced decomposition prevents immediate extraction.

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#13780523

3 Jun 2026

ZHANGJIAJIE, CHINA - JUNE 3: A wild rhesus macaque mother with an expressive face sits on a wooden handrail holding her active infant as blurred tourists walk past in rain gear within the Yuanjiajie Scenic Area of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan Province, China, on June 3, 2026. Classified as a Class II state-protected species in China, over 3,000 native rhesus macaques live across the UNESCO-listed park's main scenic zones.

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#13670501

6 May 2026

A United States soldier in Aleppo, Syria, monitors movements using a field scope as part of a reconnaissance and surveillance mission on October 9, 2016.

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#13584388

16 Apr 2026

A boy wears a face mask to protect himself from blowing dust carried by strong winds in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 16, 2026. Parts of Kashmir are likely to experience a fresh spell of unstable weather, with rain and thunderstorms expected to continue until evening, according to meteorological forecasts.

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#13584389

16 Apr 2026

A boy wears a face mask to protect himself from blowing dust carried by strong winds in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 16, 2026. Parts of Kashmir are likely to experience a fresh spell of unstable weather, with rain and thunderstorms expected to continue until evening, according to meteorological forecasts.

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