Cruise liner runs aground in Italy – in pictures

A rescue helicopter flies over the Costa Concordia cruise ship Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images Rescuers in a boat next to the Costa Concordia cruise liner Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters Passengers in lifejackets wait to leave the ship Photograph: AP A video grab shows passengers lining up on the side of the ship during the evacuation operation Photograph: Guardia Costiera/Reuters The damaged hull of the cruise ship Photograph: News Pictures/Rex Features A military rescue boat patrols the ship Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images Marrico Giampetroni, the Costa Concordia's cabin service director, is winched to safety by helicopter Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images Firefighters climb the Costa Concordia's side Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP Survivors arrive in Porto Santo Stefano on a ferry Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP The ship off Giglio island Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images A police officer holds a child wrapped in a blanket in Porto Santo Stefano Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP Passengers arrive on shore wrapped in duvets and blankets Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP A passenger is carried away on a stretcher Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP British newlyweds Ian and Janice Donoff, survivors of the disaster, arrive back at Heathrow airport Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA Only half of the vessel is seen above the waterline Photograph: Rex Features Dancer Rose Metcalf, 23, from Dorset, wipes away a tear as she arrives back at Heathrow airport Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA Unlaunched lifeboats hang over the side of the vessel Photograph: Rex Features The harbour of the isola del Giglio is seen in the background as the ship lists to port Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images A rescuer prepares his equipment on the shore in front of the stricken ship Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images Rescue workers inspect the Costa Concordia cruise ship Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters The coastguard continues its search for survivors aboard the cruise ship Photograph: John Cantlie/Getty Images A survivor looks towards the partially submerged Costa Concordia from the shoreline of the island of Giglio Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images