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Photos: Ferry capsizes off Philippines

Rescuers help passengers from a capsized ferry off Ormoc city on Leyte Island in the Philippines on July 2.

Rescuers help passengers from a capsized ferry off Ormoc city on Leyte Island in the Philippines on July 2.

  (Ignatius Martin / Associated Press)

A ferry carrying 189 passengers and crew capsized Thursday minutes after it left a central Philippine port in choppy waters, coast guard officials said.

Ferry capsizing off the Philippines

Police and rescuers comfort a crying passenger after he was brought ashore from capsized ferry in the Philippines on July 2.

  (John Pilapil / Associated Press)

Ferry capsizing off the Philippines

Rescue workers gather at the scene of a capsized ferry in the Philippines on July 2.

  (Ignatius Martin / Associated Press)

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