The bodies of 162 people had been pulled from the waters off the Egyptian coast by Friday, two days after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean while attempting to head to Europe. Many of them are believed to be children and women who were unable to swim away when the boat sank. Pictures posted on social networking sites showed dozens of bodies lined up in black plastic bags, and others floating near wooden fishing boats. In one video, a fisherman was heard shouting into his mobile phone that, "the sea is littered with bodies." "Today, four bodies, including two Egyptian children, were found 20 kilometers to the east," he told the AP.

Source: ABC News September 23, 2016 10:15 UTC