Brazilians rally to clean beaches polluted with large blobs of oil
A boy walks out of the sea during oil cleaning operations on Itapuama beach in the city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco state, Brazil, on October 21, 2019. /VCG Photo

A boy walks out of the sea during oil cleaning operations on Itapuama beach in the city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco state, Brazil, on October 21, 2019. /VCG Photo

Environmental volunteers have been working to remove the oil waste that polluted more than 130 beaches in northeastern Brazil. Globs of oil started appearing in early September and are now turning up along a 2,000km stretch of the Atlantic coastline. /VCG Photo

Environmental volunteers have been working to remove the oil waste that polluted more than 130 beaches in northeastern Brazil. Globs of oil started appearing in early September and are now turning up along a 2,000km stretch of the Atlantic coastline. /VCG Photo