World Oceans Day is celebrated globally on June 8th to raise awareness about the importance of oceans. The oceans generate most of the oxygen we breathe and support a diverse array of life. Various photos depict ocean wildlife like fish, dolphins, jellyfish, coral reefs, whales, and turtles to highlight the beauty and importance of protecting ocean ecosystems.

2. They are the lungs of our planet, which generate most of the oxygen we breathe
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3. A bank of fish swimming
in a circle. Getty Images

4. Two dolphins having fun.Getty

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6. Jellyfish bank in the Palau Islands (Micronesia).Getty

7. RODGER BOSCH (AFP)

8. Photo credit: Ralph Pace

9. Two women having fun in the cove of San Vicente (Ibiza).Getty

10. View of 'The Twelve Apostles' from Port Campbell National Park in Australia. MANFRED GOTTSCHALK (GETTY)

11. View of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. ANDREW WATSON GETTY

13. A girl throws bread at some seagulls on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California. LUCY NICHOLSON REUTERS

14. Walruses in the Svalbard archipelago (Norway).Getty

15. Some mobulas, in the Azores Islands (Portugal).Getty

16. Detail of a coral colony in Beau Vallon Bay (Seychelles). GETTY ANDREA CAVALLINI

17. A sperm whale approaches the surface to breathe, in waters of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands). REINHARD DIRSCHERL (GETTY)

18. Two divers swim in the Great Barrier Reef Australia. JEFF HUNTER (GETTY)

19. Photo Credit: World Wildlife

20. A barrier of posidonias.Getty

21. A tortoise approaches a beach on the
island of Oahu (Hawaii).Getty

22. Fishermen catch small reef fish seated on benches attached to posts.Getty

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