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South Africa's Police minister Senzo Mchunu, center, attempts talking to family members and activists after visiting an abandoned gold mine, where miners are rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Forensic service vehicles arrive at the site where a rescue operation continues for miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Rescuers work to retrieve miners from ground in an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.
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