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A depiction of the goddess Osun stands near the section of the river running through the grove [Eromo Egbejule/Al Jazeera]

The gates to the Osun Osogbo sacred grove, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2005. [Eromo Egbejule/Al Jazeera]

A female worshipper of Osun goes to the polluted section of the river within the sacred grove in Osogbo the state capital to pray to the goddess. [Eromo Egbejule/Al Jazeera]

A signboard belonging to Segilola Resources Operating Limited (SROL), which runs a gold mine in Iperindo, Osun, the only commercial-scale gold mine in Nigeria. [Eromo Egbejule/Al Jazeera]

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Photos: The pollution of Nigeria’s sacred Osun River

Along the course of the Osun River and its tributaries, there are several mining sites that may have caused pollution.

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