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Thai rescuers head to the cave entrance. EPA
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An ambulance believed to be carrying rescued schoolboys leaves from Tham Luang cave complex. Reuters
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Police and military personnel use umbrellas to cover a stretcher near a helicopter and an ambulance at a military airport in Chiang Rai. AFP
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Onlookers watch and cheer as a helicopter flies towards an airstrip near Tham Luang Nang Non cave to transport the fifth boy rescued from the cave to hospital. Getty Images
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Thai policemen block a road leading to the hospital where the boys rescued after being trapped in a nearby cave for nearly two weeks have being brought for observation, in the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai. AFP
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Schoolchildren pray for the schoolboys who are trapped inside a flooded cave in Thailand's northern province of Chiang Rai, at a school in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters
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A board displaying the message 'Welcome home, boys' is seen in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Reuters
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Thai soldiers walk out from the Tham Luang cave area. The rescue operation to save the remaining nine members of a football team enters its second day. AFP
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A nurse walks in front of the hospital where four of the boys rescued on Sunday are being treated. AFP
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Thai police stand guard in front of the hospital. AFP
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A Thai man prays to Buddhist monks. AFP
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Classmates react after a teacher announced that four of the trapped boys had been rescued. Reuters
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A soldier blocks a road leading to Tham Luang cave complex. Reuters
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A journalist reports near the Tham Luang cave complex. Reuters
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Thai rescuers head to the cave entrance. EPA
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An ambulance believed to be carrying rescued schoolboys leaves from Tham Luang cave complex. Reuters
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Police and military personnel use umbrellas to cover a stretcher near a helicopter and an ambulance at a military airport in Chiang Rai. AFP
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Onlookers watch and cheer as a helicopter flies towards an airstrip near Tham Luang Nang Non cave to transport the fifth boy rescued from the cave to hospital. Getty Images
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Thai policemen block a road leading to the hospital where the boys rescued after being trapped in a nearby cave for nearly two weeks have being brought for observation, in the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai. AFP
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Schoolchildren pray for the schoolboys who are trapped inside a flooded cave in Thailand's northern province of Chiang Rai, at a school in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters
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A board displaying the message 'Welcome home, boys' is seen in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Reuters
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Thai soldiers walk out from the Tham Luang cave area. The rescue operation to save the remaining nine members of a football team enters its second day. AFP
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A nurse walks in front of the hospital where four of the boys rescued on Sunday are being treated. AFP
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Thai police stand guard in front of the hospital. AFP
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A Thai man prays to Buddhist monks. AFP
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Classmates react after a teacher announced that four of the trapped boys had been rescued. Reuters
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A soldier blocks a road leading to Tham Luang cave complex. Reuters
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A journalist reports near the Tham Luang cave complex. Reuters
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Thai rescuers head to the cave entrance. EPA
Thai cave rescue: eight boys now saved - day two as it happened
Eight members of Thai football team rescued, according to reports, leaving four and the coach remaining
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