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The wreck of Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship which begins to emerge from water near the harbour of Giglio Porto.

The wreck of Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship which begins to emerge from water near the harbour of Giglio Porto. Thirty-two people died when the ship, with 4,200 passengers onboard, hit rocks and ran aground in January 2012.

The wreck of Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship which begins to emerge from water near the harbour of Giglio Porto.

A hive of urgent activity surrounds the Concordia as the salvage operation continues into the night.

Engineers work furiously in the fading light.

The scene in January last year after the Concordia ran aground.

Thirty-two people died and hundreds were injured when the ship rammed into a reef off Tuscany and a massive rock tore a 70-metre gash into the hull of the 290-metre-long ocean liner, which keeled over.

There were 4229 people from 70 countries on board.

 After a complicated, 19-hour operation to wrench the Concordia from its side where it capsized last year off Tuscany, officials declared it a "perfect" end to a daring and unprecedented engineering feat.

 The Concordia rammed into a reef of Giglio Island on January 13, 2012, after the captain brought it too close to shore. It drifted, listed and capsized just off the island's port, killing 32 people. Two bodies were never recovered.

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