Mining Disaster in Turkey

A police water cannon is used against anti-government protesters in Soma, Turkey, May 16, 2014.

Hundreds of protesters took part in a march against the government. Some protesters chanted slogans near a monument for the town's miners, Soma, May 16, 2014.

 

A police water cannon is used against anti-government protesters in Soma, May 16, 2014.

Muslims pray in Soma, May 16, 2014.

People mourn at the grave of a miner after a burial service, in Soma, May 15, 2014.

Miners and members of rescue services wait outside a coal mine in Soma, May 15, 2014.

People prepare graves for the coal mine disaster victims in Soma, May 15, 2014.

Members of the rescue team sit outside the coal mine in Soma, May 15, 2014.

Relatives of the miners wait near the coal mine where disaster struck, Soma, May 15, 2014.

A young man waits outside the coal mine in Soma, May 15, 2014.

A protester is kicked by Yusuf Yerkel, advisor to Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, as Special Forces police officers detain him during a protest against Mr. Erdogan's visit to Soma, May 14, 2014.