Salvage workers have found four more bodies on the wreck of the Costa Concordia, bringing to 21 the confirmed number of dead from the accident.
The Costa Concordia, a huge floating resort carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew, capsized off the Tuscan coast on 13 January after a rock tore a gash in its side.
Authorities said the bodies of a woman and a five-year-old girl were among those recovered. Work on bringing the other bodies up from one of the sunken decks of the ship is continuing.
11 people remain unaccounted for.
Authorities say difficult weather conditions are hampering recovery workers and it is unclear how long the work will take.
The ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, has been blamed for the accident, which occurred when he took the ship close to the shore of the island of Giglio to perform a display manoeuvre known as a "salute".
He faces charges of multiple manslaughter, causing an accident and abandoning ship before the evacuation of all of those on board was complete.
A pre-trial hearing is due to begin on 3 March.
Salvage crews are still working on pumping almost 2,400 tonnes of diesel fuel from the vast hulk, which lies partially submerged just metres from the shore of Giglio, a popular holiday island in a maritime reserve off the Tuscan coast.
