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Members of the Bangladesh army pray at the site of the collapsed Rana Plaza in Savar near Dhaka on Tuesday, May 14. The army-led effort to search for bodies has ended nearly three weeks after the nine-story building collapsed. The final death toll stands at 1,127.

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Relatives of missing garment workers offer prayers in front of the rubble on May 14 in Savar.

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A white board at the recovery command center near the disaster is used to track the death toll on Monday, May 13.

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Heavy equipment sifts through the rubble of the garment factory building collapse on Sunday, May 12.

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A woman cries holds a portrait of a missing relative believed to be trapped in the rubble of the Rana Plaza building on Saturday, May 11.

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Bangladeshi garment worker Reshma Begum, a seamstress who survived 16 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building, rests in Savar Cantonment Hospital on the outskirts of Dhaka on May 11.

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Relatives search through a long line of covered decomposing bodies to try to identify their family members on May 11.

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Rescue workers retrieve Reshma from the rubble in Savar, Bangladesh, on Friday, May 10. She got rescue workers' attention by waving an iron rod. She was found in a pool of water, which allowed her to stay alive.

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An injured worker who survived the building collapse is carried by her husband to collect her wages in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, May 8.

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Garment workers who survived the building collapse line up to collect their salaries in Savar on May 8.

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Workers continue rescue and recovery operations on Tuesday, May 7, nearly two weeks after the Rana Plaza building's collapse outside Dhaka.

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Rescue workers recover a body from the rubble on May 7.

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Relatives place a body in the back of a truck on May 7.

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A woman attempts to identify one of the bodies kept in a schoolyard on May 7.

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Members of the Bangladeshi army and firefighters carry the body of a garment worker from the scene of the building collapse in Savar, outside Dhaka, on Sunday, May 5.

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A woman holds a portrait of her missing relative as she sleeps on Saturday, May 4.

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Relatives attempt to identify the bodies of loved ones on May 4.

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Rescue workers dig out debris from the Rana Plaza building as Bangladeshi army personnel continue the second phase of a rescue operation using heavy equipment on Friday, May 3.

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A woman reacts on May 3 after identifying a body found in the rubble.

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A man stands amid the destruction as rescue and army personnel continue recovery operations on May 3.

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A woman holds up a picture of a missing person believed to be trapped in the rubble on May 3.

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A garment worker rescued from the wreckage of the Rana Plaza building lies in a hospital in Dhaka on Thursday, May 2.

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A woman weeps after identifying her daughter's body in the rubble in Savar on May 2.

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Rescue workers move debris as Bangladeshi army personnel continue the second phase of a rescue operation at the site of the collapsed building in Savar on May 2.

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A woman mourns before a mass burial in Dhaka on Wednesday, May 1.

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Unidentified bodies from the rubble lie on the ground as people gather for a mass burial in Dhaka on May 1.

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Workers dig graves during a mass burial of unidentified garment workers on May 1.

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Sohel Rana, owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, wears police-issued body armor and a helmet while being escorted to court in Dhaka on Tuesday, April 30. Rana was arrested near the Indian border, and protesters called for him to be hanged.

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Bangladeshi troops carry the body of a garment worker out of the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar on April 30.

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Clothing with Joe Fresh labels lies in the debris on April 30.

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Cranes operated by Bangladeshi army personnel work on Monday, April 29.

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Firefighters try to control a blaze that started while they were trying to rescue a woman with heavy equipment on April 29.

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Bangladeshi army personnel begin the second phase of the rescue operation using heavy equipment on April 29.

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Rescuers look for survivors on Sunday, April 28. The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society says the chances of finding anyone alive in the rubble at this date are remote.

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A woman mourns on April 28 at the site of the building collapse in Savar.

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Rescue workers search for survivors on April 28.

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Volunteers sleep before they begin more rescue operations on April 28.

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Rescue workers carry a victim's body recovered from the rubble on April 28.

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Clothes lie in the rubble on Saturday, April 27.

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An arrested owner of a garment factory is escorted to an appearance at the court in Dhaka on April 27. Four people were arrested and four others are being questioned by police.

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Relatives hold photos of missing and dead workers outside the factory April 27.

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Two Bangladeshi women look at a board with notices posted of missing and dead workers on April 27.

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Bangladeshi relatives and workers load a body onto a truck on April 27.

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An excavator operated by the Bangladeshi Army removes debris on April 26.

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Volunteers and rescue workers conduct rescue operations on April 26.

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Rescue workers use textile as a slide to move bodies out of the rubble on April 26.

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Rescue workers look for trapped garment workers on April 26.

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Rescue workers stand on the rubble of the collapsed building on April 26.

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Rescue workers search the rubble for victims and survivors on April 26.

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A rescue worker looks for trapped workers on April 26.

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Bangladeshi army personnel recover a survivor from rubble on April 26, 48 hours after the collapse.

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Volunteers and rescue workers assist in rescue operations on April 26.

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A physician assists a survivor after he was recovered from the rubble on April 26.

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Two bodies clutch each other in the rubble on Thursday, April 25.

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People rescue garment workers on April 25.

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A Bangladeshi woman shows a picture of her missing daughter-in-law she believes is trapped in the collapsed building on April 25.

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Bangladeshi firefighters cut a hole through concrete during rescue operations on April 25 in Savar, a suburb of Dhaka.

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Volunteers and rescue workers work at the scene on April 25.

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A woman appears devastated on April 25 after identifying the body of her husband killed in the building collapse.

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Bangladeshi garment workers help evacuate a survivor by using a roll of fabric on April 24.

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People rescue garment workers on Wednesday, April 24, after the building caved in, leaving a chaotic mass of broken concrete and twisted metal.

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Relatives who lost a brother mourn outside a hospital on April 24.

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Rescuers help an injured garment worker to escape from the Rana Plaza building on the outskirts of Dhaka on April 24.

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Civilians help an injured garment worker on April 24. Work was proceeding slowly to avoid causing further collapse, an official said.

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Rescue workers search for trapped garment workers in the Rana Plaza building on April 24.

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An injured Bangladeshi lies on the hospital floor on April 24.

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The injured receive treatment at a hospital on April 24.

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An injured person rests in a hospital bed on April 24.

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People wait anxiously on April 24 while rescuers search for survivors.

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Rescuers help an injured person out of the seventh floor on April 24.

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Civilians help out in rescue efforts at the collapsed building on April 24.

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Hundreds watch the rescue operations on April 24.

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People search for garment workers trapped under the debris on April 24.

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Rescuers help an injured worker on April 24.

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A body is trapped under the damaged building on April 24.

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A woman is carried away from the building on April 24.

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A rescue worker carries a worker to an ambulance on April 24.

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Crowds gather around the collapsed building on April 24.

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Rescuers bring out an injured garment worker from the building's sixth floor.

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The death toll from the Bangladesh building collapse is up to 1,119

Some unclaimed bodies have been buried

The nine-story building collapsed April 24

A 19-year-old mother was pulled from the wreckage alive on Friday

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Rescuers pulled two more bodies from the wreckage of a collapsed building Sunday in Bangladesh, bringing the death toll to 1,119, the country’s state news agency reported.

While hundreds of bodies have been turned over to relatives, more than 200 have been unclaimed. The organization Anjuman-e-Mafidul Islam buried 234 unclaimed bodies at a graveyard in the capital, state news agency BSS reported. DNA samples were collected for future identification.

Many bodies are decomposed beyond recognition, the news agency reported.

The nine-story building on the outskirts of the capital city of Dhaka collapsed April 24.

On Friday, 19-year-old mother Reshma Begum was discovered alive in the rubble. Doctors said she is improving steadily.

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