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Whale of an Effort

MAR DEL PLATA, ARGENTINA

DIEGO IZQUIERDO/AFP/GETTY

Rescue workers and volunteers attempt to save a stranded humpback whale on April 9. Despite three days of trying, the 33-foot-long creature died. Conservationists were unsure why the mammal swam aground.

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