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Wildlife deaths blamed on ship disaster mount in Sri Lanka

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Members of the Sri Lankan Navy work to remove debris washed ashore from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which is sinking after burning for almost three weeks in the sea off Colombo Harbour, in Colombo on June 18, 2021. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

More dead turtles washed up on Sri Lankan beaches Friday, underscoring the environmental blight caused by a container ship fire off the country's coast.

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