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COVID-19: Anti-virus face masks litter Hong Kong's beaches

The city has overwhelmingly embraced face coverings to fight the coronavirus

Published: June 07, 2020 09:07 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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Copy of 064352-01-08-1591505723631 — Surgical masks are washing up in growing quantities on the shores of Hong Kong, a city that has overwhelmingly embraced face coverings to fight the coronavirus Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 064349-01-08-1591505714093 — Gary Stokes, founder of the environmental group Oceans Asia, with discarded face masks he found on a beach in the residential area of Discovery Bay on the outlying Lantau island in Hong Kong. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 064350-01-08-1591505705354 — A discarded face mask washes up on a beach in the residential area of Discovery Bay. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 064346-01-08-1591505741250 — Conservationists say the masks are adding to already alarmingly high levels of plastic waste in the waters around the finance hub. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 064353-01-08-1591505727768 — Gary Stokes uses surgical gloves to pick up discarded face masks in the residential area of Discovery Bay. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 064347-01-08-1591505709765 — Gary Stokes picks up surgical masks that had washed up on a beach in the residential area of Discovery Bay. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 064351-01-08-1591505718551 — Masks can injure or kill marine life, because they look like food. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 064354-01-08-1591505732568 — Beach cleaners sort through other pieces of litter left on a beach in the residential area of Discovery Bay. Image Credit: AFP

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