Chile's president, Sebastián Piñera, poses with the 33 rescued miners in Copiapo hospital. From L-R: (seated) Raúl Bustos, Omar Reygadas, Esteban Rojas, Samuel Ávalos, Daniel Herrera, Juan Carlos Aguilar, President Piñera, Pedro Cortés, Carlos Barrios, Carlos Bugüeño, Carlos Mamani, Álex Vega, Caudio Yáñez, José Henríquez and Osmán Araya; (standing) Víctor Zamora, Pablo Rojas, Luís Urzúa, Víctor Segovia, Mario Gómez, Johnny Barrios, Mario Sepúlveda, Jorge Galleguillos, Juan Illanes, Claudio Acuña, Jimmy Sánchez, Ariel Ticona, Darío Segovia, José Ojeda, Richard Villarroel, Franklin Lobos (hidden), Renán Ávalos, Florencio Ávalos and Edison Peña Photograph: Jose Manuel de la Maza/ReutersYesica Cortes, wife of miner Victor Zamora, walks past a mural in Copiapo dedicated to the 33 trapped miners Photograph: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty ImagesElizabeth Segovia, wife of miner Ariel Ticona, walks past journalists to enter Copiapo hospital with her baby daughter, Esperanza, born while her husband was trapped with 32 other miners inside the San José minePhotograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters
Lilianett Ramirez, wife of miner Mario Gómez, walks past journalists to enter the Copiapo hospital and visit her husband Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/ReutersWomen dance during a costume parade for the rescued miners in Copiapo Photograph: Carlos Vera/ReutersChilean miner Juan Illanes (C) is driven by relatives away from Copiapo hospital after doctors released him and two others Photograph: ReutersRelatives of miner Caudio Yáñez wait for his arrival home from hospital the day after the miners' rescue, in Copiapo Photograph: Ariel Marinkovic/AFP/Getty ImagesRescued Bolivian miner Carlos Mamani is surrounded by relatives and friends as he arrives home in Copiapo Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/APChilean miner Carlos Barrios leaves the hospital in CopiapoPhotograph: Ian Salas/EPAJorge Galleguillos leaves the hospital in Copiapo after being discharged on 15 OctoberPhotograph: Ian Salas/EPAChilean miner Renan Avalos leaves the hospitalPhotograph: Marco Mesina/EPAMiner Víctor Segovia gives a thumbs up as he arrives home after being discharged from hospitalPhotograph: Ivan Alvarado/ReutersVíctor Segovia hugs his niece upon arriving homePhotograph: Ivan Alvarado/ReutersNeighbours of miner Luís Urzúa, the shift foreman at the San José mine, gather for a welcome party Photograph: David Mercado/ReutersMiner Ariel Ticona and his wife Elizabeth Segovia hold their baby girl Esperanza, who was born while Ticona was trapped in the minePhotograph: Rickey Rogers/ReutersAriel Ticona (in cap) is toasted by family and friends upon arriving homePhotograph: Rickey Rogers/ReutersNeighbours of rescued miner Johnny Barrios erect a banner as part of preparations for his reception partyPhotograph: Mariana Bazo/Reuters
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