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The Captain of the Aquarius chart the course of the vessel on a nautical map of Northern Africa.

A portrait of Anabel Montes Mier (29, from Spain), SOS Méditerranée Deputy Search And Rescue Coordinator on board the Aquarius.

A rubber boat in distress is spotted in the early morning, approximately 23 miles off the coast of Libya.

At sunrise, the SOS Méditerranée Deputy Search And Rescue Coordinator scan the horizon with a binocular in search for migrants boats in distress.

A rubber boat in distress with 120 people on board is found approximately 23 miles north-east of Tripoli (Libya).

Life jackets are distributed to the people on board the rubber boat.

Three women on board the rescue rhib that will transfer them to the Aquarius, just after being rescued from a rubber boat in distress.

Young men with life jackets on board the rubber boat during the rescue operations.

Three men on board the rescue rhib that will transfer them to the Aquarius, just after being rescued from a rubber boat in distress.

A group of migrants on board the rescue rhib that will transfer them to the Aquarius.

Members of the SOS Méditerranée Search and Rescue Team on board the Aquarius, as seen from a rescue rhib.

A portrait of Edouard Courcelle (34, from France), member of the SOS Méditerranée Search And Rescue Team.

The rescue vessel Aquarius is operated by the NGOs SOS Méditerranée and Médicins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Migrants on board the Aquarius vessel just after the rescue operations. On the September 11th 2016 operation, 252 migrants from two different rubber boats in distress were rescued. Most of them hail from Nigeria, Guinea-Conakry, Mali and Ghana.

Sep 11th 2016, Mediterranean Sea. A group of migrants rescued hours before from a rubber boat in distress adrift at sea, observe the Mediterranean from the humanitarian rescue vessel Aquarius' deck.

A portrait of Ogie Frederick (42, from Nigeria), rescued by the Aquarius from a rubber boat in distress on September 11th 2016.

Migrants on board the Aquarius vessel just after the rescue operations. On the September 5th 2016 operation, 142 migrants from a rubber boat in distress were rescued. Most of them hail from Ivory Coast, Mali and Guinea-Conakry.

The Médicins Sans Frontières (MSF) Cultural Mediator shows the map of Italy to a group of migrants on board the Aquarius.

On September 13th 2016, when land is first spotted from the Aquarius after 2 days of sailing, a group of young Nigerian women celebrate singing and dancing.

Food distribution on board the Aquarius.

A portrait of Kelvin Eguavoen (25, from Nigeria), rescued by the Aquarius from a rubber boat in distress on September 11th 2016.

Four women rescued by the Aquarius team on September 11th observe the sea from the vessel's deck.

A portrait of Ehanire Efosa (24, from Nigeria), rescued by the Aquarius from a rubber boat in distress on September 11th 2016.

Inside the area of the Aquarius reserved for women and children.

On September 12th 2016 a baby was born on board the Aquarius. His parents, Faith (in this portrait) and Otis (both from Nigeria), were rescued the day before from a rubber boat in distress. They decided to call him Newman.

40 of the 142 people rescued by the Aquarius on September 5th 2016 were minors; 29 of them were unaccompanied and 4 were under 5 years old. One of them in the photo with an SOS Méditerranée Search And Rescue Team member.

The day after the rescue, a child plays with a balloon on board the Aquarius.

Four migrants on board the Aquarius at sunset.

Evening muslim prayer on board the Aquarius, the night before disembarkation in Brindisi (Italy).

Last night on board the Aquarius for the migrants rescued at sea on Sep 11th 2016. On September 14th they will disembark in Brindisi (Italy).