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Victims of Capsized Ship Laid to Rest
April 23, 2015 1:05 PM
Less than 30 of the 900 migrants who died when their ship capsized Sunday off the coast of Italy have been recovered. The bodies were then buried on the island nation of Malta.
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A migrant cries during an interfaith burial service for the victims of the capsized ship, at Mater Dei Hospital in Tal-Qroqq, outside Valletta, April 23, 2015.
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Migrants arrive for an interfaith burial service for 24 dead migrants at Mater Dei Hospital in Tal-Qroqq, outside Valletta, April 23, 2015.
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Malta soldiers carry coffins with the bodies of migrants at an interfaith burial service at Mater Dei Hospital in Tal-Qroqq, outside Valletta, April 23, 2015.
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The funeral service for some of the migrants who drowned while trying to reach the southern coast of Italy, on the outskirts of Valletta, Malta, April 23, 2015.
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