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Police brigades transfer the bodies of the 27 workers who died in the devastating fire at a gold mine in southern Peru to the Arequipa morgue. A short circuit caused an explosion that started a blaze inside one of the mine shafts in the town of Yanaquihua. The fire broke out on May 6 but rescue efforts were hampered by a buildup of toxic gases inside the La Esperanza 1 mine. IMAGES
Anxious parents wait for news outside a primary school in central Kenya, after an overnight fire in a dormitory kills at least 17 children and injured several others. Police say the blaze in Nyeri county's Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, while the children were sleeping. There are fears there could be more victims in the damaged building. Some 800 pupils, between the ages of roughly five and 12 attend the institution. IMAGES
Images showing the site in Mali where a tunnel of a gold mine collapsed, killing at least 70 people according to local sources. IMAGES
Images show the scene after an overnight explosion at a warehouse near the airport in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Authorities say the blast killed one person, a teenager, and injured more than 160 others. According to Uzbekistan's emergency ministry, the explosion was caused by powerful lightning. IMAGES
Residents, relatives of victims and members of the public gather behind police tape at the site of a burned apartment block in Johannesburg, as K9 teams search through the rubble for any human remains. The deadly blaze that ripped through the five-storey building taken over for illegal housing has killed 74 people including 12 children, according to South African authorities. IMAGES
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