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9 Jun 2026

Food grown in a family garden in Osorno, Chile, on June 8, 2026. The garden uses untreated seeds and natural fertilizer. Compost, a natural organic fertilizer produced through the controlled decomposition of plant waste and other organic materials, enriches the soil and provides nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

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9 Jun 2026

Food grown in a family garden in Osorno, Chile, on June 8, 2026. The garden uses untreated seeds and natural fertilizer. Compost, a natural organic fertilizer produced through the controlled decomposition of plant waste and other organic materials, enriches the soil and provides nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

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9 Jun 2026

Food grown in a family garden in Osorno, Chile, on June 8, 2026. The garden uses untreated seeds and natural fertilizer. Compost, a natural organic fertilizer produced through the controlled decomposition of plant waste and other organic materials, enriches the soil and provides nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

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9 Jun 2026

Food grown in a family garden in Osorno, Chile, on June 8, 2026. The garden uses untreated seeds and natural fertilizer. Compost, a natural organic fertilizer produced through the controlled decomposition of plant waste and other organic materials, enriches the soil and provides nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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