Touching: People gather around a beached humpback whale that died during low tide in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Paying their respects: People gather around the beached humpback whale that died during low tide in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Tragic: The young humpback struggled for hours before it died
Respectful: Officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans look on as a rose left by a bystander sits on the beached humpback whale that died during low tide
Sea life: Marine experts will try to identify the whale so that they can track where it has been in the past
Collected: The fishing net will be used to trace its owner, although officials say it is believed to have been a case of accidental entanglement