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Photos: Boat sinks in China’s Yangtze River

June 2, 2015 9:39AM ET

Hundreds feared dead as divers race to find survivors

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China
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China Yangtze boat sinking
A survivor, in green, is rescued by divers from the Eastern Star, a tourist ship that sank in the Yangtze River in China’s Hubei province, June 2, 2015. AFP / Getty Images
China Yangtze boat sinking
The passenger is helped out of the river. More than 450 people, most of them elderly passengers, were aboard the ship when it sank. AFP / Getty Images
China Yangtze boat sinking
More than 150 boats and thousands of searchers were dispatched to the scene to locate survivors. AFP / Getty Images
China Yangtze boat sinking
Searchers said they could hear knocking from inside the overturned ship. ImagineChina / AP
China Yangtze boat sinking
Thus far, 14 people have been rescued. China Daily / Reuters
China Yangtze boat sinking
Rescue workers carry a body from the ship, which capsized after being caught in a cyclone. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
China Yangtze boat sinking
An injured crew member is rushed to a hospital. Reuters
China Yangtze boat sinking
Relatives of passengers on board the ship as they await further information at a hotel in Nanjing. AFP / Getty Images

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