At least 24 people died and 18 more were injured when a bus plunged into a ravine in Tunisia, in one of the country's worst road crashes.
The bus had set off from Tunis to the picturesque northern mountain town of Ain Draham, a popular autumn destination for Tunisians near the Algerian border, the tourism ministry said.
The health ministry said the victims were aged between 20 and 30.
The bus with 43 people on board was travelling through the northern Ain Snoussi region when it veered off the road, the interior ministry said.
The vehicle had "fallen into a ravine after crashing through an iron barrier", it said on its Facebook page.
The injured were transferred to nearby hospitals, it added and forensic experts were deployed to investigate the crash.
Tourism Minister Rene Trabelsi told Mosaique FM that the "unfortunate accident took place in a difficult area" and just after the bus had taken a "sharp bend".
The World Health Organization in 2015 said Tunisia had the second worst traffic death rate per capita in North Africa, behind only Libya.
Tunisian President Kais Saied and Prime Minister Youssef Chahed both visited the scene of the crash.
It was not immediately clear what caused the incident, but Tunisian roads are known to be dangerous and run-down.
The authorities recognise the scale of the problem but have said the country's security challenges, including jihadist attacks, have kept them from giving it more attention.
