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Miners digging out salt blocks by hand in the Danakil Depression on January 22, 2017 in Dallol, Ethiopia.

Miners digging out salt blocks by hand in the Danakil Depression on January 22, 2017 in Dallol, Ethiopia.

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Residents Intensify Rescue Operations for Trapped Opal Miners in Ethiopia

More than 20 artisanal miners remain stuck under a cave after it collapsed on the night of February 8.