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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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Daily Life In Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Empty fruit boxes line up for disposal at the end of the Brampton Farmers' Market in downtown Brampton, Ontario, on July 12, 2025. (Photo by Mike Campbell/NurPhoto) -
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Daily Life In Old Quebec City
Cardboard piles outside restaurants waiting to be picked up in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) -
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Daily Life In Old Quebec City
Garbage piles up outside restaurants waiting to be picked up in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) -
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Daily Life In Old Quebec City
Garbage piles up outside restaurants waiting to be picked up in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) -
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
Compacted waste bundles for recycling lie outside a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Patricio Murphy/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
A worker sorts waste from a conveyor belt at a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Patricio Murphy/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
Four western cattle egrets stand on a pile of non-recyclable waste waiting to be dumped onto a final disposal cell at a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Patricio Murphy/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
Compacted waste bundles for recycling lie outside a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Patricio Murphy/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
Plastic bottles are sorted for further processing inside a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Patricio Murphy/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
Seagulls fly over garbage ready to be dumped onto a final disposal cell at a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Patricio Murphy/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
Seagulls fly over garbage ready to be dumped onto a final disposal cell at a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Patricio Murphy/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
Seagulls perch on the roof of a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Patricio Murphy/NurPhoto) -
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Waste Processing In Firmat, Argentina
Compacted waste bundles for recycling lie outside a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Patricio Murphy/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
(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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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
(c) Dukas -
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
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