whale swim guide Ashlee Jones (in orange) leads a group swimming with humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific

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Location: Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
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