The sea turns red with blood as fishermen slaughter dozens of whales for their meat as part of a century-old tradition.
The animals lay lifeless on the shore after being sliced to death and dragged out of the water by men using rope and hooks.
Villagers gathered yesterday to watch the hunt in Torshavn, the capital of the remote Faroe Islands, which was first introduced when The Faroese settled there over a century ago.
The pilot whale meat and blubber is consumed as food and can be boiled and served as steak.
The animals had been passing the shores of the Danish territory during their migration before fishermen surrounded the mammals in boats and dinghies and herded them towards the beach.
Gruesome images show blood-splattered fishermen as they haul their catches towards the sand.
Around 100,000 pilot whales swim close to the Faroe Islands, located in the North Atlantic between Norway and Iceland and comprising of 18 tiny islands, each year.
The Faroese hunt on average 800 annually.
Pilot whaling is subject to Faroese legislation. All hunters must have a hunting license.
The Blue Planet Society condemned the slaughter and said the animals had been "brutally and cruelly slaughtered".
They wrote in a statement: "Around 130-150 pilot whales and 10-20 white-sided dolphins were brutally and cruelly slaughtered in the Faroe Islands today.
"Approximately 500 cetaceans have now been killed 'for food' in these islands since the beginning of 2019.
"The Faroe Islands are part of the Kingdom of Denmark (an EU country). Both pilot whales and white-sided dolphins are protected in the EU."
