Photos: Turkey coal mine explosion

Alp Gurkan, head of the Soma Group, which operates the Turkish mine that was the scene of a deadly underground fire, speaks at a news conference in Soma, Turkey.   (Emrah Gurel / Associated Press)

A miner is carried to an ambulance in Soma, Turkey. Rescuers pulled more dead and injured from the coal mine in western Turkey on Wednesday, more than 19 hours after the explosion, bringing the death toll to 238 in what could become the nation’s worst mining disaster.  (Ahmet Sik / Getty Images)

A rescued miner.  (Tolga Bozoglu / EPA)

A miner is helped by friends after being freed.  (Bulent Kilic / AFP/Getty Images)

A miner is assisted by his father.  (Bulent Kilic / AFP/Getty Images)

An injured miner is carried out.  (BULENT KILIC / AFP/Getty Images)

A demonstrator faces police in Ankara, Turkey, during a protest after more than 200 people were killed in a mine explosion.  (Adem Altan / AFP/Getty Images)

Demonstrators stop in front of a police water cannon in Ankara, Turkey.  (Adem Altan / AFP/Getty Images)

Protesters clash with Turkish police in Ankara after more than 200 people were killed in an explosion at a mine.  (Adem Altan / AFP/Getty Images)

Protesters with hands and faces painted as miners’ take part in a demonstration in Istanbul, a day after an explosion in a coal mine.  (Ozan Kose / AFP/Getty Images)

Police take away a protester in Ankara, Turkey,  (Adem Altan / AFP/Getty Images)