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Despite rescue efforts, young Moroccan boy dies after trapped in well for days

By Associated Press

Feb. 5, 2022

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A tractor digs through a mountain during the rescue mission of a boy who fell into a hole in the northern village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Friday, Feb. 4.
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A view of the whole where a 5-year-old boy fell in near his home in the northern village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Friday, Feb. 4, in Ighran.
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A man distributes bread to people as they watch civil defense workers and local authorities attempt to rescue a 5-year-old boy who fell into a hole in the northern village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Friday, Feb. 4.
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Tractors dig through a mountain as they take part in a rescue mission of a 5-year-old boy who fell into a hole in the northern village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Friday, Feb. 4.
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Residents stand on top of tractors as they watch civil defense workers and local authorities attempting to rescue a 5-year-old boy who fell into a hole in the northern village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Friday, Feb. 4.
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Residents watch civil defense workers and local authorities attempting to rescue a 5-year-old boy who fell into a hole in the northern village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Friday, Feb. 4.
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Residents watch civil defense workers and local authorities attempting to rescue a 5-year-old boy who fell into a hole in the northern village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Friday, Feb. 4.
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A residents climbs in a tree to watch civil defense and local authorities attempting to rescue a 5 year old boy who fell into a hole near the town of Bab Berred near Chefchaouen, Friday, Feb. 4.
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People stand next to tractors at nightfall as they observe a rescue mission of a 5-year-old boy who fell into a hole in the northern village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Friday, Feb. 4.
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Residents observe civil defense workers and local authorities attempting to rescue a boy who fell into a hole in the northern village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Friday, Feb. 4.
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An ambulance leaves with the body of 5-year-old Rayan after it was retrieved from the hole in which he was stuck for several days, in the village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Saturday, Feb. 5.
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Rescue workers carry the body of 5-year-old Rayan and place it in an ambulance after it was retrieved from a hole in which he was stuck for several days, in the village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Saturday, Feb. 5.
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The parents of 5-year-old Rayan walk toward an ambulance after seeing their son's retrieved body after he fell into a hole and was stuck there for several days, in the village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Saturday, Feb. 5.
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Medics wait by an ambulance as they prepare to receive the body of 5-year-old Rayan after it was retrieved, after he fell into a hole and was stuck there for several days, in the village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Saturday, Feb. 5.
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A medic waits in an ambulance as they prepare to receive the body of 5-year-old Rayan after it was retrieved, after he fell into a hole and was stuck there for several days, in the village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Saturday, Feb. 5.
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People gesture as they wait for the rescue mission of 5-year-old Rayan after he fell into a hole and was stuck there for several days, in the village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Saturday, Feb. 5.
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Parents of 5-year-old Rayan walk towards the tunnel as their son's body was being retrieved, after he fell into a hole and was stuck there for several days, in the village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Saturday, Feb. 5.
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The body of 5-year-old Rayan, wrapped in foil, is retrieved after he fell into a hole and was stuck there for several days, in the village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Saturday, Feb. 5.
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A family watches a televised statement as it announces the death of 5-year-old Rayan and a call between King Mohammed VI and his parents, after he fell in a hole in which he was stuck for several days, in the village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Saturday, Feb. 5.

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