India has celebrated the rescue of 41 development employees who had been trapped in a collapsed tunnel within the Himalayas for 17 days.
The employees had been greeted with applause and conventional marigold garlands as they emerged from a metal pipe that had been pushed by way of the rubble.
Here is how the rescue operation, which took over 400 hours and was affected by mishaps, unfolded.
Video by Nikita Mandhani and Gianluca Avagnina.