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Horse Rescue Photos

Horses huddle together on a small piece of land in Marrum, Netherlands, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006. Rescue workers eventually saved the herd of around 100 horses that have been stranded them for three days on a tiny knoll since a fierce storm, in an incident that has transfixed the nation. Many of the animals have spent three nights knee-deep in water, and 18 drowned.

(Photo: AP/Leeuwarder Courant, C. v d Veen)