Two people have been killed in separate shark attacks, with one taking place in Australia and another in Egypt.
A 40-year-old man who was fishing with his family in the waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has died after he was attacked by a shark.
The shark bit him on the neck off Humpy Island on the country's east coast yesterday, emergency services said.
"The man was fishing with family members when he was bitten by a shark," Queensland state police said in a statement.
He sustained "life-threatening injuries" and died about an hour-and-a-half later, police said, adding that a report would be prepared for the coroner.
A Queensland ambulance spokeswoman said the man died at the scene after sustaining a "significant life-threatening wound to his neck".
Humpy Island, which lies in the Great Barrier Reef's Keppel Bay Islands National Park, has a popular camping ground that gives easy access to reefs for diving and snorkeling.
Community leaders spoke of their distress at the loss of Luke Walford, a youth pastor at the Cathedral of Praise church in the central Queensland town of Rockhampton.
Mr Walford, who had posted photos on social media of himself in a wetsuit during a previous fishing trip, was believed to have been spearfishing at the time of the attack.
"We are all very much still in shock," said Donna Kirkland, who represents Rockhampton in the Queensland state parliament.
"A family friend, not only to my own family but countless others. He was an inspirational leader as a children's and youth pastor," she said in a statement.
"My prayers and heartfelt condolences are with his beautiful family and indeed the many who will be devastated, as I am, at this news."
The pastor of Cathedral of Praise, Claude Fingleton, said Mr Walford was "greatly loved".
"This was a young man who loved people, who loved God," he told national broadcaster ABC.
The country's last fatal shark attack was in December 2023, when what was believed to be a great white killed a 15-year-old boy at a remote surfing spot in South Australia.
There have been more than 1,200 shark incidents in Australia since 1791, of which over 250 resulted in death, according to a national database.
Most serious bites are from white sharks, bull sharks, and tiger sharks.
Another shark attack off Egypt's Red Sea coast left one tourist dead and another injured, the country's environment ministry said.
Two foreigners were attacked by a shark in the northern Marsa Alam area, which led to the injury of one and the death of the other," the statement said.
The Egyptian government did not identify the victims' nationalities.
Both tourists were moved to hospital in Port Ghalib, around 50km north of Marsa Alam, the environment ministry said.
Authorities have closed the area to swimmers for two days following the incident, which the ministry said occurred in "deep waters outside the designated swimming area".
The Red Sea is a major tourist destination whose marine life make it popular with divers.
It is also a key employer and source of foreign currency for Egypt, a country of 107 million people trying to navigate out of its worst ever economic crisis.
Last month, at least four people died when a large wave hit and capsized a dive boat carrying more than 30 tourists of various nationalities off Marsa Alam.
Deadly shark attacks are a near-yearly occurrence in Egypt's Red Sea, where marine experts warn unregulated construction, over-fishing, and irresponsible tourism practices contribute to changing the ecosystem and shark behaviour.
In June 2023, a shark attack killed a Russian off the Red Sea resort city of Hurghada.
