• Coral grows in a sculpture at the MUSZIF underwater museum in Isla Fuerte, Bolivar department, Colombia, on May 22, 2024. In the Colombian Caribbean an underwater museum protects coral reefs threatened by tourism and climate change. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP)
    Coral grows in a sculpture at the MUSZIF underwater museum in Isla Fuerte, Bolivar department, Colombia, on May 22, 2024. In the Colombian Caribbean an underwater museum protects coral reefs threatened by tourism and climate change. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP)
  • A rehearsal for D-Day commemorations in Saint-Come-du-Mont, north-western France, the day before the 80th anniversary of the tide turning in the Second World War. AFP
    A rehearsal for D-Day commemorations in Saint-Come-du-Mont, north-western France, the day before the 80th anniversary of the tide turning in the Second World War. AFP
  • A woman dressed in traditional clothing visits a business district in Beijing. AFP
    A woman dressed in traditional clothing visits a business district in Beijing. AFP
  • A man carries recyclable materials as cows and storks pick through the rubbish at a dump on the outskirts of Guwahati, India. AFP
    A man carries recyclable materials as cows and storks pick through the rubbish at a dump on the outskirts of Guwahati, India. AFP
  • A youth jumps into the Shatt al-Arab river, at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates in southern Iraq, during a heatwave in Basra. AFP
    A youth jumps into the Shatt al-Arab river, at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates in southern Iraq, during a heatwave in Basra. AFP
  • Nigel Farage’s UK general election campaign launch did not go well, as the Reform UK candidate was pelted with a milkshake in Clacton-on-Sea. AFP
    Nigel Farage’s UK general election campaign launch did not go well, as the Reform UK candidate was pelted with a milkshake in Clacton-on-Sea. AFP
  • Migrants wait for US Border Patrol in Jacumba, California, after crossing over from Mexico. EPA
    Migrants wait for US Border Patrol in Jacumba, California, after crossing over from Mexico. EPA
  • Fighter jets during testing of Swiss Air force for take-off and landing are seen on a motorway in Switzerland. AFP
    Fighter jets during testing of Swiss Air force for take-off and landing are seen on a motorway in Switzerland. AFP
  • A car carrying the coffin of the late Myanmar general turned democracy activist Tin Oo makes its way to a cemetery during his funeral in Yangon. AFP
    A car carrying the coffin of the late Myanmar general turned democracy activist Tin Oo makes its way to a cemetery during his funeral in Yangon. AFP
  • Singer Cyndi Lauper poses with Cher during her 'handprints' ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Reuters
    Singer Cyndi Lauper poses with Cher during her 'handprints' ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Reuters
  • Community members take part in a march in La Paz, Bolivia, to mark the Andean New Year. EPA
    Community members take part in a march in La Paz, Bolivia, to mark the Andean New Year. EPA
  • Water pours through a flood control gate at the Danube river in Regensburg, Germany. The city has declared a state of emergency. EPA
    Water pours through a flood control gate at the Danube river in Regensburg, Germany. The city has declared a state of emergency. EPA

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June 05, 2024

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Sole survivors
  • Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
  • George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
  • Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
  • Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
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