These are the images taken after a Spanish cargo ship crashed into a jetty during stormy weather in south west France.
The vessel Luno broke apart after the crash in Anglet, near the town of Biarritz.
The ship had been heading to a nearby port to load up with cargo when its engine failed and the rough waves carried it into the jetty.
It then snapped into two pieces, one either side of the breakwater.
Crew members were evacuated and winched to safety by helicopter. One crew member suffered a nose injury, according to reports.
With the wreck leaking fuel, a pollution alert was declared.
Images by AFP, EPA and AP.
A Navy helicopter hovers over the hundred meter long 'Luno' Spanish cargo ship containing diesel fuel which crashed in a dike drifts near the shore in Anglet, during a rescue operation for the ship's crew members, close to the port of Bayonne, on February 5, 2014. The cargo ship was split in half when it crashed into a dike in Anglet and rescue operations allowed for the crew members to be saved. The extent of the pollution caused by the diesel fuel leak is yet to be fully assessed and an emergency plan for maritime pollution has been put in place. AFP PHOTO / GAIZKA IROZ
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epa04056424 View on Spanish cargo ship Luno in Anglet, near Bayonne, south west France, 05 February 2014. A Spanish cargo ship has broken apart off a beach in south-west France after hitting a sea wall during stormy weather in Anglet, near the town of Biarritz. One crew member was injured and some fuel had leaked, efforts to evacuate the crew were still ongoing. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO
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A picture taken on February 5, 2014 shows a Spanish cargo ship ''Luno'' which slammed into a dyke and split in two, injuring at least one sailor and raising concerns of a fuel leak, in Anglet, near the French port of Bayonne. The prefecture for the Pyrenees-Atlantiques region said efforts were underway to recover the sailors by helicopter but the rescue operation was being hampered by winds of up to 110 kilometres per hour (70 miles per hour). Officials said a fuel leak had been detected and an emergency plan known as Polmar had been activated to deal with maritime pollution. AFP PHOTO/ KEPA ETCHANDY
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epa04056341 Crew members are evacuated by French rescue teams after a Spanish freighter Luno hit the breakwater and split in half in Anglet, near Bayonne south west France, 5 February 2014. All crew members were winched to safety by helicopter. With the wreck leaking fuel, a pollution alert was declared EPA/CHOPIN jEAN DANIEL/PHOTOPQR/SUD OUEST FRANCE OUT
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epa04056333 A French military helicopter flies overhead as the Spanish freighter Luno hits the breakwater and is split in half in Anglet, near Bayonne south west France, 5 February 2014. All crew members were winched to safety by helicopter. With the wreck leaking fuel, a pollution alert was declared EPA/CHOPIN jEAN DANIEL/PHOTOPQR/SUD OUEST FRANCE OUT
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TOPSHOTSAn helicopter flies over a Spanish cargo ship ''Luno'' which slammed into a dyke and split in two, injuring at least one sailor and raising concerns of a fuel leak, in Anglet, near the French port of Bayonne, on February 5, 2014. The prefecture for the Pyrenees-Atlantiques region said efforts were underway to recover the sailors by helicopter but the rescue operation was being hampered by winds of up to 110 kilometres per hour (70 miles per hour).
Officials said a fuel leak had been detected and an emergency plan known as Polmar had been activated to deal with maritime pollution. AFP PHOTO/GAIZKA IROZ
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