Rescue operations continue on Mt. Ontake

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 8, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows rescue workers searching around the peak of Mt. Ontake for those who remain missing following the volcano's deadly eruption. The disaster has claimed more than 50 lives so far.

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