AFP29 May, 2026 09:55 PM3 mins to readThis screengrab made from handout video footage taken on May 29, 2026, and provided by Metta Tham Rescue Kalasin, shows a rescue team freeing one of seven men (L) trapped inside a semi-submerged cave in central Xaysomboun province, northeast of the capital Vientiane. A rescue team freed on May 29 one of seven men trapped inside a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than a week, the group working at the site said. Photo / AFP/ HO/ Metta Tham Rescue KalasinA rescue team freed on Friday one of seven men trapped inside a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than a week, the group working at the site said.
The seven men had been trapped in the cavern in a remote mountainous area of central Xaysomboun province since May 20,
