Chinese cruise ship sinks
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Rescue workers stand on the river bank as the capsized cruise ship Eastern Star is pulled out of the Yangtze against sunset, in Jianli
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A rescue team works on lifting the capsized cruise ship Eastern Star in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province
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Rescuers work on righting the capsized cruise ship Eastern Star during a media trip to the site of the sinking, organised by the Chinese government, in the Jianli section of Yangtze River
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Rescuers look on as cranes work on righting the capsized Eastern Star cruise ship at the Jianli section of the Yangtze River
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Family members of passengers of a sunken cruise ship march toward the site of the sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province
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Rescue workers are seen atop the sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River
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Relatives of a missing passenger aboard a sunken ship walk on the bank of Yangtze River in Jianli section, Hubei province
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Rescue workers are seen atop a sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province
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Rescue workers carry a body from the sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River
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Aerial view of rescue workers standing on the sunken ship at Jianli section of Yangtze River
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An aerial view shows rescue workers searching on the sunken ship at Jianli section of Yangtze River
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Paramilitary soldiers in raincoats watch a sunken ship and rescue ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province
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Rescue workers carry a body from the sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River
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A woman is helped after being pulled out by divers from a sunken ship in Jianli
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In this image taken from video released by China's CCTV, rescue workers listen for a response to their tapping on the hull of a capsized ship on the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The small cruise ship sank overnight in China's Yangtze River during a storm, state media said Tuesday. Chinese words on the bottom read "Ferry capsize on Yangtze." (CCTV via AP Video) CHINA OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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A diver prepares to dive in the river to search for survivors after a ship sank at the Jianli section of the Yangtze River
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A woman is helped as she is sent to hospital after being pulled out by a diver from the sunken ship in Jianli
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Rescue workers work on a sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China
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An injured sailor of the ship which sank at the Jianli section of the Yangtze River is rushed to receive treatment upon arrival at a hospital in Jingzhou
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Rescue workers carry a body from a sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province
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Rescue workers carry a body from the sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province
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China's Premier Li Keqiang discusses with experts on a rescue plan on his plane, en route to the site where a ship sank in the Jianli section of Yangtze River
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A family member of passengers on the ship which sank at the Jianli section of Yangtze River cries in Shanghai
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Rescue workers work on a sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province
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Family members of passengers on the ship which sank at the Jianli section of Yangtze River cry in Shanghai
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A family member of passengers on the ship which sank at the Jianli section of Yangtze River cries in Shanghai
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The sunken cruise ship Eastern Star is seen on the Yangtze River in this undated picture before it capsized in Jianli
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The Eastern Star's top-deck cabins with smashed blue roofs jutted out of gray water Friday after Chinese disaster teams righted the capsized river cruiser to ease the search for more than 340 people still missing. So far, 97 bodies have been found.
Crews worked on draining water from the ship, which was still mostly submerged in the Yangtze River, as the focus shifted from finding survivors to retrieving bodies trapped in the vessel after it capsized suddenly during a storm Monday night on the trip from Nanjing to Chongqing.
Chinese authorities have attributed the accident to sudden high winds just before 9:30 p.m., but also have placed the surviving captain and first engineer under police custody. Passengers' relatives have raised questions about whether the boat should have continued on after the storm started and despite a weather warning earlier in the evening. (AP)
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