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World Cleanup Day - Rio de Janeiro

Volunteers place collected trash together at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 20, 2025. World Cleanup Day is an annual global event that is marked every third Saturday in September with the aim of combating the global solid waste problem. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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World Cleanup Day - Rio de Janeiro

Volunteers pick up trash at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 20, 2025. World Cleanup Day is an annual global event that is marked every third Saturday in September with the aim of combating the global solid waste problem. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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World Cleanup Day - Rio de Janeiro

A volunteer picks up trash at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 20, 2025. World Cleanup Day is an annual global event that is marked every third Saturday in September with the aim of combating the global solid waste problem. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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World Cleanup Day - Rio de Janeiro

A volunteer shows picked up trash at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 20, 2025. World Cleanup Day is an annual global event that is marked every third Saturday in September with the aim of combating the global solid waste problem. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Litter picking on Khortytsia Island in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - A woman carries a garbage bag during a cleanup event near the beach of the Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Plant on Khortytsia Island, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Litter picking on Khortytsia Island in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - A woman carries a garbage bag during a cleanup event on the beach of the Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Plant on Khortytsia Island, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Litter picking on Khortytsia Island in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - People attend a cleanup event by the beach of the Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Plant on Khortytsia Island, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.(Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Litter picking on Khortytsia Island in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - A man throws away a garbage bag during a cleanup event near the beach of the Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Plant on Khortytsia Island, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Litter picking on Khortytsia Island in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - People attend a cleanup event near the beach of the Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Plant on Khortytsia Island, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Litter picking on Khortytsia Island in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - A woman carries a garbage bag during a cleanup event on the beach of the Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Plant on Khortytsia Island, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Litter picking on Khortytsia Island in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - A man holds a saw during a cleanup event on the beach of the Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Plant on Khortytsia Island, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Litter picking on Khortytsia Island in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - A man carries a garbage bag during a cleanup event near the beach of the Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Plant on Khortytsia Island, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Litter picking on Khortytsia Island in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - A woman carries a garbage bag during a cleanup event near the beach of the Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Plant on Khortytsia Island, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Litter picking on Khortytsia Island in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - People attend a cleanup event near the beach of the Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Plant on Khortytsia Island, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Litter picking on Khortytsia Island in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - People attend a cleanup event near the beach of the Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Plant on Khortytsia Island, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Paris 2024: Mayor Anne Hidalgo Swims In River Seine To Show Water Cleanliness

On Wednesday, July 17, nine days before the start of Paris Olympics, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine to demonstrate the cleanliness of the river which will be used for outdoor swimming events.

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Beach cleanup event held in Cote d'Ivoire to protect environment

STORY: Beach cleanup event held in Cote d'Ivoire to protect environment SHOOTING TIME: June 7, 2024 DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:24 LOCATION: Abidjan CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ivorian people cleaning up beach garbage 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): THERESE AHOU, Volunteer 3. various of Ivorian people cleaning up beach garbage 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): CHEICK TRAORE, Representative of 350 COTE D'IVOIRE 5. various of Ivorian people cleaning up beach garbage 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): ANNE AFFIE, Volunteer 7. various of Ivorian people cleaning up beach garbage STORYLINE: The Ivorian non-governmental organization 350 COTE D'IVOIRE on Friday held a beach cleanup event to mark World Environment Day and World Oceans Day. Held under the theme "Thinking about Climate Action in Another Way," the event aims to call on the Ivorian people to clean up beach garbage and protect the environment. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): THERESE AHOU, Volunteer "I clean the beach for the environment, my health, and the fi

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Tanzanian young people collect plastic waste to protect Indian Ocean

STORY: Tanzanian young people collect plastic waste to protect Indian Ocean DATELINE: Jan. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:22 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of volunteers collecting trash at the beach 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HELLEN SILAS, Environmentalist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MEDINA KIMARO, UNICEF's youth advocate in climate action STORYLINE: A group of Tanzanian young people on Saturday collected a ton of plastic waste at Kawe beach along the coast of the Indian Ocean beach in Tanzania's port city of Dar es Salaam to reduce pollution. The event was led by the Women in Recycling Foundation. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HELLEN SILAS, Chairperson of Women in Recycling Foundation "So we are here to do cleanup, to collect the plastic waste and the trash, and also to raise awareness on how we can mitigate the climate change through this (cleaning) plastic pollution. Through this campaign, we are going to reach more people. Because these people are going to share thes

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Year-end cleanup at Eiheiji

FUKUI, Japan - Monks dust a building wall at Eiheiji, a Buddhist temple, in Fukui Prefecture during an annual year-end cleanup event on Dec. 22, 2010.

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Malta holds World Cleanup Day event

STORY: Malta holds World Cleanup Day event DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of volunteers collecting litter on the beach 2. various of booths at the Gnejna bay 3. various of children listening lectures on the topic of protecting marine creatures STORYLINE: Volunteers on Saturday took to the beaches to clean plastics, cigarette butts and metals to mark World Cleanup Day. The event was organized by the Maltese Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise. Lectures were held for children at the Gnejna bay on the topic of environmental protection and marine creatures protection. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Valletta. (XHTV)

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MALTA-GNEJNA-WORLD CLEANUP DAY

(220918) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Volunteers collect litter on the beach of Gnejna bay during the World Cleanup Day event, in Malta, Sept. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Wenxian)

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MALTA-GNEJNA-WORLD CLEANUP DAY

(220918) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer collects litter on the beach of Gnejna bay during the World Cleanup Day event, in Malta, Sept. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Wenxian)

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Year-end cleaning at Kyoto temple

People wearing coverall aprons and masks beat tatami mats with springy bamboo sticks during a "Susuharai" end of year cleanup event at Higashi-Honganji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 20, 2015, with a big fan blowing away the dust that accumulated over the past year. The traditional event has been conducted for more than 500 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year-end cleanup at Eiheiji

FUKUI, Japan - Monks dust a building wall at Eiheiji, a Buddhist temple, in Fukui Prefecture during an annual year-end cleanup event on Dec. 22, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Beach cleanup at 2020 Olympic surfing venue

People pose for a photo before participating in a trash-picking event at the surfing venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Ichinomiya, Chiba Prefecture, on June 5, 2019. About 150 people took part in the event on Tsurigasaki beach, held to raise public awareness of ocean plastic pollution in the buildup to the games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beach cleanup at 2020 Olympic surfing venue

People, including teen surfer Minori Kawai (L), participate in a trash-picking event at the surfing venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Ichinomiya, Chiba Prefecture, on June 5, 2019. About 150 people took part in the event on Tsurigasaki beach, held to raise public awareness of ocean plastic pollution in the buildup to the games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beach cleanup at 2020 Olympic surfing venue

People participate in a trash-picking event at the surfing venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Ichinomiya, Chiba Prefecture, on June 5, 2019. About 150 people took part in the event on Tsurigasaki beach, held to raise public awareness of ocean plastic pollution in the buildup to the games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo