Photo Story: 63 persons saved off Almeria in Spain

Sixty-three persons arrive on a Spanish sea rescue boat after being rescued while sailing on two small canoes on the Alboran Sea, in Almeria, southeastern Spain on the night of the 21 June 2019.

Photo: EPA-EFE/CARLOS BARBA

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