Philippine Navy personnel lift a victim from one of the floating life rafts during rescue operations on August 17, 2013 after a cargo ship collided with the ferry St. Thomas Aquinas the night before off the town of Talisay near the Philippines’ second largest city of Cebu. Philippine rescuers searched on August 17 for more than 200 people missing after the ferry collided with the cargo ship in thick darkness and sank almost instantly, with 26 already confirmed dead. AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE
