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Chinese cruise Liner’s Sinking

The recovery effort continued today for victims of the cruise ship that capsized on the Yangtze River in China earlier this week during a storm. Officials have said some 420 people remain missing from the cruise liner, which was on an 11-day trip.

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Chinese cruise Liner’s Sinking

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  1. Students light candles and pray for victims of the capsized ship Dongfangzhixing at a high school on June 3 in Zhuji, China. Fourteen people have been rescued and seven are confirmed dead after a passenger ship named Dongfangzhixing (Eastern Star) carrying 458 people sank in the Jianli (Hubei Province) section of the Yangtze River on Monday. (ChinaFotPress via Getty Images)

  2. Family members of passengers of a sunken cruise ship push a cordon of paramilitary police as they march toward the site of the sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, on June 3. Dozens of people broke through a police cordon on Wednesday as they marched towards the site of a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River to demand news of missing relatives. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

  3. Rescue workers and a capsized ship are seen during a media trip to the site of the sinking, organized by the Chinese goverment, in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province China, on June 3. More than 200 divers combed a capsized Chinese ship in the Yangtze River on Wednesday looking for more than 400 missing people, many of them elderly Chinese tourists, as Premier Li Keqiang called for a transparent investigation. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

  4. Rescuers observe a moment of silence for victims recovered from the capsized tourist ship in the Yangtze River in Jianli county in central China's Hubei province on June 3. Chinese authorities deployed scores more divers and a large crane as they escalated efforts Wednesday to recover more than 410 people believed to be trapped inside an overturned river cruise ship. (Chinatopix via Associated Press)

  5. Villagers watch rescuers working on a capsized ship on the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei province, on June 3. Hopes dimmed Wednesday for rescuing more than 400 people still trapped in a capsized river cruise ship that overturned in stormy weather, as hundreds of rescuers searched the Yangtze River site in what could become the deadliest Chinese maritime accident in decades. (Andy Wong/Associated Press)

  6. Two women hug each other in a hotel for the relatives of the passengers on a capsized tourist ship, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on June 2. (EPA)

  7. A survivor is rescued by divers from the Dongfangzhixing or "Eastern Star" vessel which sank in the Yangtze river in Jianli, central China's Hubei province on June 2. Divers raced to find survivors on June 2 after a Chinese ship sank with more than 450 mainly elderly people in the storm-tossed Yangtze river, raising hopes more people can be found alive. (AFP/Getty Images)

  8. Rescue workers carry a body from the capsized passenger ship Dongfangzhixing or "Eastern Star" vessel which sank in the Yangtze river in Jianli, central China's Hubei province on June 2. Divers raced to find survivors on June 2 after a Chinese ship sank with more than 450 mainly elderly people in the storm-tossed Yangtze river, raising hopes more people can be found alive. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

  9. Staff in Jianli funeral parlor prepare ice coffins for victims who were travelling on the capsized passenger ship Dongfangzhixing or "Eastern Star" in the Yangtze river, in Jianli, China's Hubei province on June 3. Relatives of more than 400 people missing after a cruise ship capsized on China's Yangtze river were hoping for a "miracle" on June 3, as authorities said they were racing against time to find any survivors. (AFP/Getty Images)

  10. Relatives of passengers on board the capsized ship Dongfangzhixing wait for news at a temporary reception center on June 3 in Shanghai, China. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images )

  11. Paramilitary soldiers in raincoats watch a sunken ship and rescue ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, on June 2. Rescuers fought bad weather on Tuesday as they searched for more than 400 people, many of them elderly Chinese tourists, missing after a cruise boat was buffeted by a freak tornado and capsized on the Yangtze River. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

  12. A relative of missing passengers who were on a ship which sank in the powerful Yangtze river the night before reacts after hearing news of the sinking outside a travel agency in Shanghai on June 2. China mounted a rescue operation on June 2 after the ship which was reportedly carrying more than 450 people sank in the powerful Yangtze river after being hit by stormy weather. (AFP/Getty Images)

  13. A representative for relatives of missing passengers who were on a ship which sank in the powerful Yangtze river the night before speaks to the press outside a travel agency in Shanghai on June 2. China mounted a rescue operation on June 2 after the ship which was reportedly carrying more than 450 people sank in the powerful Yangtze river after being hit by stormy weather. (AFP/Getty Images)

  14. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang (center) inspects the rescue efforts of the capsized tourist ship in the Yangtze River in Jianli county in central China's Hubei province, China, on June 2. There were 458 people on the ship, mostly aged tourists, when the ship was turned over by a tornado Monday night. Fifteen people were rescued so far, including three from inside the ship. (Yuan Zheng/EPA)

  15. Rescue workers are seen atop the sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, on June 3. Rescuers fought bad weather on Tuesday as they searched for more than 400 people, many of them elderly Chinese tourists, missing after a cruise boat was buffeted by a freak tornado and capsized on the Yangtze River. (Aly Song/Reuters)

  16. 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, Hubei province, on June 2. Rescuers fought bad weather on Tuesday as they searched for more than 400 people, many of them elderly Chinese tourists, missing after a ship capsized on the Yangtze River in what was likely China's worst shipping disaster in almost 70 years. (Reuters)

  17. Rescuers search for survivors from the capsized ship Dongfangzhixing in the Yangtze River on June 2 in Jingzhou, China. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

  18. An elderly passenger is escorted to the river bank after being rescued from the Dongfangzhixing or "Eastern Star" vessel which sank in the Yangtze river in Jianli, central China's Hubei province on June 2. Divers raced to find survivors on June 2 after a Chinese ship sank with more than 450 mainly elderly people in the storm-tossed Yangtze river, raising hopes more people can be found alive. (AFP/Getty Images)

  19. An aerial view shows rescue workers searching on the sunken ship at Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, on June 2. Rescuers fought bad weather on Tuesday as they searched for more than 400 people, many of them elderly Chinese tourists, missing after a cruise boat was buffeted by a freak tornado and capsized on the Yangtze River. (Reuters)

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