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New Zealand military helicopters arrive at Whakatane airport before taking off on a mission to recover bodies from the volcanic island that erupted Monday. Authorities say eight bodies remain on the volcano and -- after coming under pressure from distraught families -- they approved a recovery mission despite a 50-60 percent chance the volcano will explode again in the next day or so. IMAGES Completes VIDI_1N11RY
Travelers wait at the Mexico City International Airport, where 22 flights were canceled due to an ash cloud from the Popocatepetl volcano. Authorities have warned ash is likely to fall in the states of Morelos, Puebla and Mexico, as well as in Mexico City, which lies some 55 miles (90 kilometers) from the volcano. IMAGES
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her cabinet pause for a minute's silence -- precisely a week since the volcano eruption -- in a tribute to the victims. IMAGES
New Zealand troops launch a perilous mission to recover bodies from a volcanic island that is threatening to erupt again. Two military helicopters are seen taking off from Whakatane for White Island, the volcano off the North Island where an eruption Monday is believed to have resulted in at least 16 deaths. IMAGES
Smoke rises from the White Island volcano the day after an eruption which left an estimated 13 people dead. IMAGES
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