An aerial view of Sombrero Chino Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, January 15, 2011. Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama announced Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, that they will expand and join their marine reserves to create a vast corridor that will connect the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador with Colombia's Malpelo Island and the Cocos and Coiba Islands in Costa Rican and Panamanian waters in the Pacific Ocean in hopes of protecting sea turtles, tuna, squid, hammerhead sharks and other species. (Photo by Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo/File)
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