Rescued men are welcomed, after seven Lao nationals who had entered a cave to prospect for gold were trapped for more than a week when rising water blocked their exit, in Xaisomboun province, Laos, May 30, 2026, in this screen grab taken from social media video.
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Witnessing the Laos cave rescue unfold in real-time

CNN's Will Ripley and his team were the only international journalists on the scene as four of the seven villagers trapped inside a cave shocked rescuers and the world when they walked out on their own, after rescue teams spent days planning a complex and dangerous operation to get them out.

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