Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
A worker walks inside the chemical company, Oxiquim, on the first day of the closure of a nearby copper factory, in Quintero Bay in Puchuncavi, Chile, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced in June 2022 the gradual closure of the world's leading copper producer, Ventanas Smelter, of the state-owned company Codelco, in order to reduce the constant episodes of environmental pollution that affect the coastal communes near the furnace. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)