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Rescuers work early in the morning at the site of an operation to save Rayan, a five-year-old boy who fell in a deep well more than 40 hours ago, in a village near Bab Berred in the rural northern province of Chefchaouen in Morocco. IMAGES
The sun rises in Morocco Saturday during the nerve-wracking final stages of a massive rescue operation to free Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped down a well since Tuesday. The complex and risky earth-moving operation has gripped residents of the North African kingdom and even sparked sympathy in neighbouring Algeria, a regional rival. Rayan fell some 32 metres (100 feet) down the empty shaft in the remote village of Ighrane in Chefchaouen province on Tuesday afternoon. IMAGES
Moroccan rescue workers enter a tunnel leading to a pocket where five-year-old Rayan has been trapped for days after falling into a well. IMAGES
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