The boat was carrying nearly 200 people when it capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week. Over 100 remain missing.
The boat was carrying 105 passengers, including 93 Chinese tourists and 12 Thai crew as well as tourist guides, when it capsized off Thailand's Phuket island. Officials say around 23 others are missing.
Sixteen more were missing after the boat carrying at least 100 migrants from the port of Bossasso in Somalia capsized as it approached Yemen, UN migration agency said.
The Philippines' coastguard said it had so far rescued 252 passengers and crew. Rescue officials had earlier said only 251 passengers and crew were on board, but confirmed the vessel had a 286-person capacity.
Authorities pulled at least 115 bodies from the Mediterranean Sea by Friday, two days after a boat carrying around 600 refugees capsized off the Egyptian coast.
Somalia's government says 200 of country's citizens may have died after boat crossing Mediterranean capsized
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