In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
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In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
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Patrick Hogan cleans an oil-coated brown pelican at a facility set up by the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Baras, La. The birds are cleaned and released. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
Oil booms stretch across Choctawhatchee Bay near the Destin Bridge in Destin, Fla. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
Rental properties sit empty in Gulf Shore, Ala. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
Louisiana National Guardsmen hook up sandbags to a helicopter in Buras, La., which will fly them to Pelican Island to buttress it against oil washing ashore. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
Shrimper Blem Do unloads his catch in Pass Christian, Miss. His take of shrimp has fallen since the oil spill began. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
Passengers aboard the Dauphin Island Ferry pass an oil rig in Mobile Bay, Ala. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
Tar balls from the oil spill wash ashore in Grand Isle, La., awaiting cleanup. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
Rev. Greg Barras (r.) blesses a shrimp boat at the Blessing of the Fleet for the start of the shrimping season in Biloxi, Miss. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
Navarre Beach (Fla.) Vacation Condos are seen at dusk on June 7. Coin-size tar balls had washed ashore and large tar mats were spotted offshore. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitorf
Prices are up and choices are limited at the Westwego Shrimp Lot in Westwego, La. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
A sign protesting the oil spill and BP catches the eye in Grand Isle, La. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
Small oil cleanup chemical treatment pools are seen on the beach in Grand Isle, La. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
Mikayla Murphy, right, plays with her sister Sarah on the beach in Biloxi, Miss. Local businesses have seen a drop in revenue because tourists are staying away due to the oil spill. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
BP reached a settlement with the US government Thursday to pay $4.5 billion in criminal fines and penalties for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Critics calls the BP settlement a slap on the wrist.
Eleven lives lost. The world's largest accidental offshore oil spill, which poured 4.9 million barrels into the Gulf of Mexico and contaminated 150 miles of shoreline Tens of billions of dollars in cleanup costs, with billions more in losses to fishing and tourist businesses.
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