In Pictures: Divers find 12 boys and coach safe and alive in Thailand's Tham Luang Khun cave

Twelve boys, aged between 11 and 16, and their football coach, were found alive in Tham Luang Khun cave, Thailand, late on Monday (July 2), following an extensive search operation. The group were located nine days after they became trapped in the cave that was hemmed in by rising flood waters. The next challenge will be getting them out of the flooded cave in their weakened condition and without scuba training.

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July 3, 2018 at 12:32 PM

A screengrab from footage released by The Royal Thai Navy, on July 2, 2018, shows the missing children inside the Tham Luang cave of Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province. PHOTO: AFP

A photo released by Royal Thai Army on July 2, 2018, shows Thai soldiers carrying equipment inside a flooded cave complex during a rescue operation for the missing soccer team and their coach at Tham Luang cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park, Chiang Rai province, Thailand. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Rescue workers carrying oxygen tanks to the Tham Luang cave following news that all members of children's football team and their coach were alive at Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province, on July 2, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Foreign divers with rescue equipment preparing for a search operation for the missing youth soccer team and their coach at Tham Luang cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park, Chiang Rai province, Thailand, in a photo released on July 2, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Thai officials carrying oxygen tanks through a cave complex during a rescue operation for the missing football team at the Tham Luang cave in Khun Nam Nang Noon Forest Park in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, on June 30, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Female Thai soldiers near the Tham Luang cave complex, during the search for members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, on June 30, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

Thai rescue specialists (in orange) help a Thai Airforce soldier down a possible opening to the Tham Luang cave, at the Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai province, on June 30, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

British cave-diver Robert Charles Harper exploring an opening in the mountain during rescue operations for the missing children's football team and their coach in Tham Luang cave, Chiang Rai province, on June 29, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Thai workers and associated officials watch at the flooded Tham Luang Khun cave as attempts to drain the water were ongoing, on June 29, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A team of Royal Thai Navy SEAL divers inspecting the water-filled tunnel in the Tham Luang cave during a rescue operation for the missing children's football team and their coach in Chiang Rai province, on June 28, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

A team of Thai officials seen on the mountain of Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai province. They were searching for new openings to Tham Luang cave during a rescue operation for the missing children's football team and their coach, on June 28, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Members of the US Special Operations Command Pacific Search and Rescue Team surveying the cave area as they join the rescue operation for the missing football players and their coach at the Tham Luang cave, on June 28, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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