Hopeful Images of 2025

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Dani Sebastian Agudelo, a rescued miner, kisses a relative near the site where a gold mine collapsed with 23 miners trapped, in Segovia, Antioquia department, Colombia, on September 24, 2025. All 23 miners, who were trapped for more than 24 hours in the collapsed shaft, were brought out alive, authorities said.

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