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Volunteers clean the petrol covering the beach in Muxia 23 November 2002. Spain was bracing for a second, bigger wave of toxic oil spilled by sunken tanker Prestige, as fears emerged that the magnitude of the disaster could rival that of the Exxon Valdez. AFP PHOTO Christophe Simon (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/GettyImages)

Volunteers clean the petrol covering the beach in Muxia 23 November 2002. Spain was bracing for a second, bigger wave of toxic oil spilled by sunken tanker Prestige, as fears emerged that the magnitude of the disaster could rival that of the Exxon Valdez. AFP PHOTO Christophe Simon (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/GettyImages)
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