The death toll in an explosion in a coal mine in northeastern Colombia has risen from three to nine, while six workers remain unaccounted for, down from eight, the National Mining Agency (ANM) said on Saturday.

(Cover: Members of Civil Defense and rescuers work to save 14 miners who are still trapped in a coal mine in the Colombian municipality of Zulia, Norte de Santander Department, on the border with Venezuela, on June 1, 2022. /CFP)