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Aerial view of an overturned vessel off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. [Handout/Tobago House Assembly via AFP]
An area on Tobago Island was affected by the oil spill. Prime Minister Keith Rowley declared a national emergency as oil leaking from a capsized vessel affected some 15km (nearly 10 miles) of coastline. [Handout via Reuters]
Men work in an area affected by the oil spill on Tobago Island. [Handout via Reuters]
View of the oil spill at Rockly Bay on Tobago island. [Clement Williams/AFP]
Video grab from handout footage shows emergency workers scrambling to clean up the massive oil spill after a mysterious vessel ran aground. [Handout/Tobago House Assembly via AFP]
Environmental officials said the spill has damaged a reef and Atlantic beaches, a dire situation for the islands' resorts and hotels that are the lifeline of the local economy during the Carnival season. [Clement Williams/AFP]
Divers have been unable to plug the oil leak on the ship, which was sailing under an unidentified flag and made no emergency calls. [Handout via Reuters]
The vessel, identified as Gulfstream, capsized on February 7 off the coast of the Cove Eco-Industrial Park in southern Tobago, and currents have dragged it shorewards. [Handout/Tobago House Assembly via AFP]
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