death toll
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The Philippine Coast Guard says it has recovered 30 bodies from the wreckage of a ferry that caught fire this week, bringing the total death toll to 35.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
That takes the overall death toll to 1,375 people, and more than 5,500 missing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
On the Tibetan side, the death toll reported by Chinese media on Friday was 31, with 531 people unaccounted for.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
That takes the overall death toll to 1,308 people, with 5,624 missing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
But since the need was so urgent and the death toll so high, the West swallowed its disgust and delivered more than one billion dollars' worth of food to North Korea between 1995 and 2003.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
