Israeli divers haul rubbish from ancient site for Oceans Day

Scuba-diving volunteers collect rubbish during the World Ocean Day event (Ariel Schalit/AP)

Divers visiting the ancient seaport of Caesarea on Israel’s Mediterranean coast occasionally find treasure, but on Friday they searched for rubbish.

Twenty-six scuba-diving volunteers removed around 45kg of rubbish from between the sunken pillars and submerged ruins of the historic site of Caesarea Maritima as part of a United Nations World Oceans Day initiative.