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Members of National Students Union of India and Assam Pradesh Youth Congress jointly observe a candle vigil for the victims of the ferry disaster in the Brahmaputra river, in Guwahati. PTI Photo
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Rescue workers pull a part of a damaged boat to shore after it sank on the Brahmaputra river, at Buraburi village in Dhubri district of Assam. Reuters/Utpal Baruah
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Pieces of a sunken ferry are washed up on the bank of the river Brahmaputra near Bura-Buri village in Goalpara district of Assam. Police said 105 corpses, including many women and children, had been recovered so far from the fast-flowing Brahmaputra river in Assam, where the ferry was split in two during a sudden storm. AFP/Biju Boro
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Rescuers transport the victims of a ferry disaster to a hospital near Bura-Buri village in Goalpara district of Assam. Police said 105 corpses, including many women and children, had been recovered so far from the fast-flowing Brahmaputra river in Assam, where the ferry was split in two during a sudden storm. AFP/Biju Boro
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A relative of a victim of ferry disaster mourns near Bura-Buri village in Goalpara district of Assam. Police said 105 corpses, including many women and children, had been recovered so far. AFP/Biju Boro
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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel engage in the rescue operation of a sunken ferry near Bura-Buri village in Goalpara district of Assam. AFP/Biju Boro
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