The hands of a worker after a first attempt today to clean the shore near the harbour of Jbeil (Byblos), which is heavily polluted by oil as a result of the Israeli bombing of the Jiyyeh power plant on the 15th July 2006.

Greenpeace divers explore the area around the sunken Prestige and the affect of the leaking oil on marine life.

File photo: Greenpeace survey of oil pollution from a spill in Alaska.

Fishing boats cut through oil sheens at Dalian fishing port where oil scooped from the sea is ferried for storing, Dalian, China, 24 July 2010. Greenpeace warned that China's largest oil spill can pose severe threats to health and livelihoods of...

Contaminated ocean water in the city of Dalian. Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea off a busy northeastern port after a pipeline exploded late last week, sparking a massive 15-hour fire.

Local fishermen wear non protective clothing without safety measures, for the Dalian oil spill clean-up effort. Greenpeace accused companies of shirking their responsibilities on compensation and taking inadequate action for the oil spill clean up.