GRIEF-STRICKEN  SHANGHAI: A relative of missing passengers who were on a ship which sank in the powerful Yangtze River the night before reacts after hearing news of the sinking outside a travel agency in Shanghai on June 2, 2015. China mounted a rescue operation on June 2 after the ship, which was reportedly carrying more than 450 people, sank after being hit by stormy weather. AFP PHOTO
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SHANGHAI: A relative of missing passengers who were on a ship which sank in the powerful Yangtze River the night before reacts after hearing news of the sinking outside a travel agency in Shanghai on June 2, 2015. China mounted a rescue operation on June 2 after the ship, which was reportedly carrying more than 450 people, sank after being hit by stormy weather. AFP PHOTO

BEIJING: Chinese rescuers on Tuesday searched for hundreds missing after a passenger ship carrying more than 450 people capsized in the storm-hit Yangtze river, with several survivors reportedly confirmed trapped in the upturned hull.

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