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The world in photos: May 12-May 18

Updated: 2014-05-19 11:56 (chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies)
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The world in photos: May 12-May 18

Medics help a rescued miner after an explosion and fire at a coal mine killed at least 17 miners and left up to 300 workers trapped underground, in Soma, in western Turkey, May 13, 2014, a Turkish official said. Twenty people were rescued from the mine but one later died in the hospital, Soma administrator Mehmet Bahattin Atci told reporters. The town is 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul. The death toll was expected to rise. [Photo/IC]


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