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