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The FSO Safer oil tanker in the Red Sea

The FSO Safer oil tanker moored in the Red Sea, off the coast of the western Hodeidah province, Yemen. All photos: EPA

A boat of the Houthis-held coast guard drives past the FSO Safer oil tanker

The transfer of 1.14 million barrels of oil from the 47-year-old FSO Safer supertanker will begin next week

The beleaguered FSO Safer has not undergone maintenance since Yemen's war broke out in 2015

It was left abandoned off the Houthis-held port of Hodeidah in the Red Sea

The boat poses a serious risk to the environment due to the possibility of it breaking up or catching fire

The UN-purchased vessel has sailed from Djibouti en route to the Safer site, the UN reported

An inspector examines the vessel

The FSO Safer oil tanker in the Red Sea

The FSO Safer oil tanker moored in the Red Sea, off the coast of the western Hodeidah province, Yemen. All photos: EPA

A boat of the Houthis-held coast guard drives past the FSO Safer oil tanker

The transfer of 1.14 million barrels of oil from the 47-year-old FSO Safer supertanker will begin next week

The beleaguered FSO Safer has not undergone maintenance since Yemen's war broke out in 2015

It was left abandoned off the Houthis-held port of Hodeidah in the Red Sea

The boat poses a serious risk to the environment due to the possibility of it breaking up or catching fire

The UN-purchased vessel has sailed from Djibouti en route to the Safer site, the UN reported

An inspector examines the vessel

The FSO Safer oil tanker in the Red Sea

FSO Safer moored in the Red Sea - in pictures

Moldova's incumbent President and presidential candidate Maia Sandu casts her ballot at a polling station in the capital Chisinau. Reuters

Moldovans vote to choose president - in pictures

Delegates and visitors arrive for Adipec in Abu Dhabi, an event hosting more than 2,200 exhibitors and prominent speakers. Antonie Robertson / The National

Best photos of November 4: From the opening of Adipec to a triathlon in Neom