TRIPOLI (Reuters) -The bodies of at least 18 migrants, who died when their boat capsized west of Libya’s capital Tripoli, were recovered while over 90 survivors were rescued, a local Red Crescent branch said on Tuesday.

The Red Crescent in Sabratha, a coastal town some 76 km (47 miles) west of Tripoli, said it had received a report of the capsized boat late on Monday and carried out a rescue operation until early Tuesday morning.

The bodies were recovered from the shore near the port of Surman, it said.

Pictures posted by the branch showed Red Crescent volunteers carrying the bodies and placing them in white plastic bags before loading them into the back of an ambulance as other rescue workers provided first aid to the survivors.

Earlier this month, a health ministry-run medical centre

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