A satellite image captured by Digital Globe of the Costa Concordia, a luxury cruise ship that ran aground in the Tuscan waters off of Giglio, Italy on Friday, January 13, 2012. Eleven people are known dead and more than 20 remain missing. ABACA/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: abaphotos841887
With more rough weather predicted over the weekend, rescue workers have had to put their search for survivors and victims on hold while they wait for safer search conditions. With the sea pounding the capsized Costa Concordia, even the slightest movement could trap rescue workers inside the ship, adding more drama to an already tragic event in the Italian sea.
With at least 21 people still missing from the ship, and several of the 11 bodies recovered from the wreck already buried, little hope is had that any more survivors will be found.
Last Friday, January 13, the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground just off the coast of the Giglio, a small Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea. The ship capsized on its side in about 20 meters of water, submerging about half of the ship. Passengers had to fight through nearly vertical hallways and stairways to evacuate in a blackout after the power failed when the ship hit the rocks, with many jumping off the ship into the sea to try to swim to shore.
We’ve been covering the accident and the rescue efforts all week, with images of the capsized cruise ship here, and shots of the rescue workers going inside the ship here.
Check out this collection of some of the top images from our partners from all throughout the week, then head back to Newscom to see more pictures from the last week of the Costa Concordia shipwreck.
You can also see the latest images of the rescue and salvage efforts as they come in to Newscom.
In this undated underwater photo released by Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 two Carabinieri scuba divers swim next to the Costa Concordia cruise ship's bell, off the tiny Giglio island, Italy. The $450 million Costa Concordia was carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew when it slammed into well-marked rocks off the island of Giglio after the captain made an unauthorized diversion from his programmed route. The ship then keeled over on its side. CARABINIERI/OLYCOM/SIPA/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: sipaphotosthree433097
File Pictures of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia. The boat ran aground off the Italian coast with 4000 people aboard, leaving for the moment 6 people dead in Isola di Giglio, Italy on January 13, 2012.
A Carabinieri scuba diver inspect the Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island January 19, 2012. Italian rescue workers suspended their search of the capsized Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia after the ship moved again on Friday, firefighters' spokeman Luca Cari said. Picture taken January 19, 2012. HANDOUT/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlfive013001
A Carabinieri scuba diver inspects the Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island January 19, 2012. HANDOUT/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlfive013174
A Carabinieri scuba diver inspects underwater around the Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island January 19, 2012. HANDOUT/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on newscom: rtrlfive013031
A handout aerial view taken and released on January 14, 2012 by Italian Guardia de Finanza shows the Costa Concordia, after the cruise ship ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio, on late January 13. Three people died and several were missing after the ship with more than 4,000 people on board ran aground sparking chaos as passengers scrambled to get off. The ship was on a cruise in the Mediterranean, leaving from Savona with planned stops in Civitavecchia, Palermo, Cagliari, Palma, Barcelona and Marseille," the company said. ITALIAN GUARDIA DE FINANZA/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: afplivefour227428
View of the Costa Concordia on January 15, 2012, after the cruise ship ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio late on January 15. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: afplivefour229004
Tourists on the Costa Concordia cruise ship looks panicky as the ship was running aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island on January 14, 2012. Wang Yuezhong/ChinFotoPress/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: cfpphotos084673
Rescue workers climb on the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off the west coast of Italy, at Giglio island January 16, 2012. Rescue workers searched the half submerged hulk of the capsized Italian cruise ship for 14 people still missing on Monday, more than 48 hours after the huge vessel capsized, killing at least eleven and injuring more than 60. MAX ROSSI/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlfive005292
Passengers line up on the side of the Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia and move down along the side of the vessel during the evacuation operation in this still image taken from video January 14, 2012. HANDOUT/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlfive007177
Rescue workers with divers check on a side of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off the west coast of Italy, at Giglio island January 17, 2012. Rescue squads used controlled explosions on Tuesday to enter a stricken Italian cruise liner in the increasingly despairing hunt for survivors as authorities almost doubled their estimate of the number missing to 29 people. MAX ROSSI/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlfive007373
The Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off the west coast of Italy is seen at Giglio island January 18, 2012. Divers searching the capsized Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia suspended work on Wednesday after the vast wreck shifted by more than a metre, delaying plans to remove the oil from the liner to prevent a possible environmental disaster. GIAMPIERO SPOSITO/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlfive009923
A rescuer is being lowered on the cruise liner Costa Concordia aground in front of the harbour of the Isola del Giglio (Giglio island) after hitting underwater rocks on January 13. Emergency workers fear that the ship could slip from its resting place on a rocky shelf and slip into deeper waters. VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: afplivefour235181
Rescue works at the cruise boat Costa Concordia .In the pic: rescue teams at work. Andrea Sinibaldi/ZUMA Press/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: zumawirewestphotossix104646
Underwater photo taken on Jan. 13 and released by the Italian Coast Guard Jan. 16, shows a view of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, after it ran aground in front of the Isola del Giglio harbor. Rescue crews have blasted holes in a stricken cruise ship in order to gain easier access as hopes fade of finding survivors among the 29 people missing. Kika Press/ZUMA Press/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: zumawireworldphotosfive045532
Part of the rocks that tore a huge gash in the hull of the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia. Vigili Del Fuoco/ZUMA Press/Newscom. Find it on newscom: zumawireworldphotosfive048243
The division Gruppo Operativo Subacquei of the Italian Military Marine inspects for the first time the inside of the stranded cruise ship Costa Concordia in Isola del Giglio on January 15, 2012. Sestini/Newspictures/ABACAUSA.COM/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: abausaphotos654513
The division Gruppo Operativo Subacquei of the Italian Military Marine inspects for the first time the inside of the stranded cruise ship Costa Concordia in Isola del Giglio on January 15, 2012. Sestini/Newspictures/ABACAUSA.COM/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: abausaphotos654486
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