The MV Wakashio, a Japanese bulk carrier, ran aground on a coral reef just off the Mauritian coast on July 25. The ship began to break apart on August 6, spilling oil into the Indian Ocean. /CFP

Satellite images from the area showed efforts to contain the oil from the ship, August 12, 2020. /CFP

Volunteers were seen scooping oil from the shores using buckets and extracting sludge with shovels, filling oil barrels to take heavy fuel off the southeastern coast of Mauritius. /CFP

The MV Wakashio has leaked an estimated 1,000 tons of oil. /CFP