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Dark oil residue collects in shallow coastal waters on Qeshm Island, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill's source has not been independently determined. | Photo: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP
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Dark oil residue stains the water and shoreline around mangrove trees on Qeshm Island, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill's source has not been independently determined. | Photo: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP
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Dark oil residue covers parts of the shoreline at Shib Deraz Beach on Qeshm Island, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill’s source has not been independently determined. | Photo: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP
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Dark oil residue covers parts of the shoreline at Shib Deraz Beach on Qeshm Island, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill’s source has not been independently determined. | Photo: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP
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Dark oil residue covers parts of the shoreline at Shib Deraz Beach on Qeshm Island, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill’s source has not been independently determined. | Photo: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP
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Dark oil residue covers parts of the shoreline at Shib Deraz Beach on Qeshm Island, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill’s source has not been independently determined. | Photo: Amirhosein Khorgooei/ISNA via AP
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A discarded plastic bottle and other debris stained with dark oil residue lie on Shib Deraz Beach on Qeshm Island, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill’s source has not been independently determined. | Photo: Amirhosein Khorgooei/ISNA via AP
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People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. | Photo: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP
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Residents swim as cargo and commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. | Photo: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP
