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DORAL, Fla. (AP) — This is a documentary photo story curated by AP photo editors.

Gabe Bisonette drops an offering of tobacco into the water before spearfishing on the Chippewa Flowage on Monday, April 15, 2024, near Hayward, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)Gabe Bisonette drops an offering of tobacco into the water before spearfishing on the Chippewa Flowage on Monday, April 15, 2024, near Hayward, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Young tribal members are ferried out on boats during a family and youth spearfishing event with members of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa on Namekagon Lake, Friday, April 12, 2024, near Cable, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)Young tribal members are ferried out on boats during a family and youth spearfishing event with members of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa on Namekagon Lake, Friday, April 12, 2024, near Cable, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)Follow Melina Walling on X at

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BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico (AP) — A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’sGhost crab nests line the beach on the Yemeni island of Socotra on Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Ghost crab nests line the beach on the Yemeni island of Socotra on Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)But such conservation efforts are complicated by Yemen’s stalemated civil war. As the Saudi Arabia-backed, internationally recognized government battles

— a Shiite group backed by Iran — the conflict has spilled beyond the country’s borders. Houthi attacks on Israel and commercial shipping in the Red Sea have drawn retaliation from, further destabilizing the region.