Many people are still missing after a massive landslide at a jade mine in Myanmar's northern Kachin state.
At least 104 bodies have now been recovered, with some estimates saying more than 100 people are still missing.
The incident happened in Hpakant on Saturday Nov 21,2015 when a huge amount of mining debris collapsed, engulfing the homes of some miners.
It is unclear what triggered the landslide in the region, which produces some of world's best jade.
Many
of those killed were people who made their living scavenging on or near
the waste dumps, searching through the debris in the hope of finding
fragments of jade to sell.
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