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Fishermen get off their boat onto a handmade polystyrene dinghy to come ashore. A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world’s tallest statue on Mumbai’s shores has left the city divided. But the traditional Koli community, who depend on fishing for their livelihoods, fear the construction threatens their centuries-old existence. — AFP photos

Question of survival

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard inspect the almost sunken fishing boat of Filipino fishermen who were killed by suspected pirates in waters near Zamboanga City, southern Philippines, on Tuesday. — AP

Pirates kill 8 fishermen in southern Philippines

Family members of Pakistani fishermen arrested by Indian authorities protest in Karachi on Saturday, demanding their release. — AFP

Pakistan frees 220 Indian fishermen to ease tensions

A team of Philippine Navy personnel and three congressmen from the House committee on inter-parliamentary relations and diplomacy lands at the tiny rock of Scarborough Shoal, bearing the Philippine flag that was earlier planted by Filipino fishermen, in this file photo. — AFP

Avoid China-claimed shoal, Philippines tells fishermen

Italian Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, right, and military attache Franco Faure leave after a court hearing at the Supreme Court in New Delhi in this file photo. — AFP

India’s top court allows accused Italian marine to go home

People wait on board two tuna long-liners, Lien I Hsing No. 116 and Sheng Te Tsai, whose home port is in southern Taiwan, docked at the Jurong Fishery Port in Singapore in this file photo. — AP

Taiwan says Indonesia fired on fishermen without warning

Fishermen from India look on from behind the bars of lockup cell at a police station in Karachi, Pakistan, in this file photo. — Reuters

Pakistan arrests 20 Indian fishermen

Burmese fishermen prepare to board a boat during a rescue operation at the compound of Pusaka Benjina Resources fishing company in Benjina, Aru Islands, Indonesia, in this file photo. — AP

Jail terms sought for men trafficking fishermen in Indonesia

UN tribunal considers Italy-India row over fishermen deaths

UN tribunal considers Italy-India row over fishermen deaths

Fishermen’s messaging service saves lives

Fishermen’s messaging service saves lives