Death toll from South African mine siege rises to 78

In South Africa, a police operation has retrieved at least 78 bodies from an illegal gold mine.

Hundreds of miners had been trapped for months in the mine in Stillfontein, with the police trying to force them out by cutting off food and water.

The operation also rescued 246 survivors from the mine, with many of the survivors in such bad condition, from lack of food and water that they were unable to walk.

The South African government's harsh measures to attempt to curb illegal mining have drawn criticism from human rights groups and community members.