21 April - USA. Taken by the US coast guard, a view of fire boat response crews as they battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon. Find out more .

15 May - USA. The International Bird Rescue Research Center facility in Fort Jackson, Louisiana, US. Erica Miller (left), veterinarian with the Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research and colleagues clean a Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) covered...

Man braves flood waters in his destroyed village during the aftermath of Hurricane Stan. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands left homeless by extensive flooding in Mexico.

Thousands of victims have been left homeless by Hurricane Stan.

21 April. A Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors.

27 May - Oil Platform Fire The Mississippi Delta is at image center, and the oil slick is a silvery swirl to the right.

28 April - A ship is seen cutting through some of the oil as the wellhead continues to leak.

29 April - A clean up boat lays out oil booms along Port East in the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana.

01 May - Employees of D&C Seafood unload what they expect to be the last of the shrimp catch at their facilities in Venice, Louisiana.The gulf water off the Mississippi and Louisiana coast has been closed to fishermen following the Deepwater...