• Divers retrieved the first bodies Sunday from inside the submerged South Korean ferry that capsized four days ago with hundreds of children on board, as families angered by the pace and focus of the rescue efforts scuffled with police.. Kim Kyung-hoon / Reuters
    Divers retrieved the first bodies Sunday from inside the submerged South Korean ferry that capsized four days ago with hundreds of children on board, as families angered by the pace and focus of the rescue efforts scuffled with police.. Kim Kyung-hoon / Reuters
  • Of the 476 people on board the Sewol, 350 were high school students headed for the holiday island of Jeju. Devastated relatives have repeatedly denounced what they feel has been a botched, delayed and incompetent emergency response to the disaster.. Kim Hong-ji/ Reuters
    Of the 476 people on board the Sewol, 350 were high school students headed for the holiday island of Jeju. Devastated relatives have repeatedly denounced what they feel has been a botched, delayed and incompetent emergency response to the disaster.. Kim Hong-ji/ Reuters
  • Prosecutors, meanwhile, revealed that the officer at the helm of the 6,825-tonne Sewol when it capsized was not familiar with those particular waters. The confirmed death toll from the disaster stood at 58 with 244 people still unaccounted for. Jeon Heon-kyun / EPA
    Prosecutors, meanwhile, revealed that the officer at the helm of the 6,825-tonne Sewol when it capsized was not familiar with those particular waters. The confirmed death toll from the disaster stood at 58 with 244 people still unaccounted for. Jeon Heon-kyun / EPA
  • Scuffles broke out when they were prevented from crossing the bridge to the mainland by a large police detachment, and eventually they were forced to turn back. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
    Scuffles broke out when they were prevented from crossing the bridge to the mainland by a large police detachment, and eventually they were forced to turn back. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
  • One of the marchers, Chung Hye-Sook, a mother of one of the missing students, said she was appalled that the authorities had begun taking DNA samples to facilitate identification of the bodies before the entire ferry had been searched. “What are those people thinking?!,” Chung shouted. Kim Hong-ji/ Reuters
    One of the marchers, Chung Hye-Sook, a mother of one of the missing students, said she was appalled that the authorities had begun taking DNA samples to facilitate identification of the bodies before the entire ferry had been searched. “What are those people thinking?!,” Chung shouted. Kim Hong-ji/ Reuters
  • Three giant floating cranes have been at the disaster site off the southern coast of South Korea for days, but the coastguard has promised it will not begin lifting the ferry until it is clear there is nobody left alive. Chung Sung-jun / Getty Images
    Three giant floating cranes have been at the disaster site off the southern coast of South Korea for days, but the coastguard has promised it will not begin lifting the ferry until it is clear there is nobody left alive. Chung Sung-jun / Getty Images
  • Investigators have arrested the ferry’s captain, Lee Joon-Seok who has been bitterly criticised for abandoning hundreds of passengers still trapped in the ferry as he made his own escape.. Kim Kyung-hoon / Reuters
    Investigators have arrested the ferry’s captain, Lee Joon-Seok who has been bitterly criticised for abandoning hundreds of passengers still trapped in the ferry as he made his own escape.. Kim Kyung-hoon / Reuters
  • Tracking data shows the ship took a radical right turn while navigating through a group of islets off the southern coast. Such a sharp turn could have dislodged the heavy cargo manifest -- including more than 150 vehicles -- and destabilised the vessel, causing it to list heavily and then capsize. Issei Kato / Reuters
    Tracking data shows the ship took a radical right turn while navigating through a group of islets off the southern coast. Such a sharp turn could have dislodged the heavy cargo manifest -- including more than 150 vehicles -- and destabilised the vessel, causing it to list heavily and then capsize. Issei Kato / Reuters
  • A transcript of the last panicked communications between the Sewol and the Jindo Vehicle Traffic Service, show the captain repeatedly asking if there were vessels on hand to rescue any passengers if they abandoned ship. Jung Yeon-je / AFP Photo
    A transcript of the last panicked communications between the Sewol and the Jindo Vehicle Traffic Service, show the captain repeatedly asking if there were vessels on hand to rescue any passengers if they abandoned ship. Jung Yeon-je / AFP Photo

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In pictures: South Korea ferry disaster relatives clash with police

Rob Gurdebeke

April 20, 2014

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Angry relatives of hundreds of missing inside a sunken South Korean ferry clashed with police on Sunday morning as coastguard divers retrieved 10 more bodies from the ship and the official number of dead rose to 46 people.

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