A Chinese boy runs along the trash-strewn beach along the sea coast in Anquan village, which is in Hainan province, in 2011.
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A Chinese boy runs along the trash-strewn beach along the sea coast in Anquan village, which is in Hainan province, in 2011.
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A man walks beside the scattered plastic trash brought in by waves at Kuta Beach in Indonesia in January 2014.
A man walks beside the scattered plastic trash brought in by waves at Kuta Beach in Indonesia in January 2014.
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Doug Woodring, co-founder of <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oceanrecov.org%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Ocean Recovery Alliance</a>, an NGO, displays rubbish on a beach on the south side of Hong Kong in 2009.
Doug Woodring, co-founder of Ocean Recovery Alliance, an NGO, displays rubbish on a beach on the south side of Hong Kong in 2009.
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Trash lay scattered on Kenjeran Beach in Indonesia, in March 2014.
Trash lay scattered on Kenjeran Beach in Indonesia, in March 2014.
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