Raising the Costa Concordia
Crumpled, rusted and wrecked, the damaged side of the Costa Concordia is barely recognisable for the pristine floating hotel that it used to be.
For 20 months the once gleaming cruise liner has lain in the waters off the Italian island of Giglio, after capsizing in January 2012, killing 32 people. Now, in a tense salvage operation, it has finally been raised.
Before: A salvage platform floats in front of the wreckage of the capsized liner.
After: The Costa Concordia is seen at the end of the tricky operation to bring it to an upright position.
Before: A view shows the massive vessel a few days after it foundered and keeled over.
After: Over a year and a half later, the boat is brought upright again, with its once submerged side gashed and crumpled under its own weight.
