Mauritius struggles to contain oil spill polluting its seas

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The sea turns black in Mauritius as oil from a grounded cargo ship spills unbated into the island nation's protected waters. Ecologists fear the ship could break up, which would cause an even greater leak and inflict potentially catastrophic damage on the island's coastline.

Video courtesy of AFP

Photo by AFP/L'Express Maurice/Jean Aurelia Prudence