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April 26, 2013

304 Dead in Building Collapse, Bangladesh

The search for survivors continues in one of the worst manufacturing disasters in history. Fifty survivors were found today; the death toll stands at 304. Terrified workers notified the police, government officials and a powerful garment industry group about cracks in the walls, discovered just days before the collapse. The owner of the eight-story Rana Plaza assured 3,000 workers that the structure was safe and they returned to their jobs. The death toll nears 300 with more workers trapped under the massive concrete and wire. A small collection of the hundreds of images made over the last three days, follows. -- Paula Nelson ( 30 photos total)

A Bangladeshi woman weeps holding a picture of her missing husband as she waits at the site of a building that collapsed April 24, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26, 2013. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)

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Bangladeshi volunteers, rescue workers, family and friends gather at the scene after an eight-story building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 25, 2013. Survivors cried out to rescuers from the rubble of a block of garment factories. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)#

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A Bangladeshi woman is lifted out of the rubble by rescuers at the site of a building that collapsed, April 25, 2013. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)#

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Bangladeshi rescuers work at the site of a building collapse. The Death toll has reached 304. (A.M. Ahad/Associated Press)#

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Volunteers and rescue workers assist in rescue operations 48 hours after an eight-story building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 26, 2013. At the disaster scene, exhausted teams of soldiers, firemen and volunteers continue to work through the mountain of mangled concrete and steel. Amid frustration about the slow pace of the efforts, thousands of anxious relatives burst onto the disaster site, prompting police to fire tear gas to disperse the crowd. (Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)#

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Rescue workers, army personnel, police and media run after hearing someone shout that a building next to Rana Plaza was collapsing, during the ongoing rescue operation in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka April 26, 2013. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)#

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Bangladeshi people watch as rescuers use a piece of fabric to lower the body of a woman after she was discovered inside a building that collapsed, April 25, 2013. (A.M.Ahad/Associated Press)#

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A Bangladeshi woman relative of a victim cries at the site of a building that collapsed, April 25, 2013. (A.M. Ahad/Associated Press)#

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