Reuters photos capture the sorrow in the Indonesian province of Aceh as tsunami survivors wait for medical care and water.
Indonesian soldiers carry parcels of
food for a flight to Banda Aceh, a city
located near the epicentre of Sunday's
massive earthquake, at Medan's military
airport December 27, 2004.
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla
said on Wednesday the death toll from
the weekend quake and tsunami had
reached as high as 40,000 people. He
said an estimated five percent of the
300,000 population of the Aceh's
provincial capital, Banda Aceh, had died.
REUTERS/Darren
Whiteside
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Cars pass a wrecked ship on the main
street in the Indonesian city of Banda
Aceh December 29, 2004. Indonesian Vice
President Jusuf Kalla said on Wednesday
the death toll from the weekend
earthquake and tsunami had reached as
high as 40,000 people. He said an
estimated five percent of the 300,000
population of the Aceh's provincial
capital, Banda Aceh, had died. REUTERS/
Beawiharta
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Two women weep as they wait for medical
treatment at a military hosptial in
Banda Aceh, Indonesia, December 29, 2004,
after a tsunami hit the area on Sunday.
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla
said on Wednesday the death toll from
the weekend quake and tsunami had
reached as high as 40,000 people. He
said an estimated five percent of the
300,000 population of the Aceh's
provincial capital, Banda Aceh, had died.
REUTERS/Darren
Whiteside
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Rescue workers remove a body of a victim
of Sunday's tsunami from the compound of
the Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh,
Indonesia December 29, 2004. Indonesian
Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on
Wednesday the death toll from the
weekend quake and tsunami had reached as
high as 40,000 people. He said an
estimated five percent of the 300,000
population of the Aceh's provincial
capital, Banda Aceh, had died. REUTERS/
Darren
Whiteside
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Indonesian rescue workers remove a body
from the fence of the Grand Mosque in
Banda Aceh December 29, 2004 which was
hit by last Sunday's tsunami wave.
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla
said on Wednesday the death toll from
the weekend quake and tsunami had
reached as high as 40,000 people. He
said an estimated five percent of the
300,000 population of the Aceh's
provincial capital, Banda Aceh, had died.
REUTERS/Darren
Whiteside
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Residents of Banda Aceh, Indonesia,
queue for petrol at a gas station
December 29, 2004 after a tsunami hit
the town on Sunday. Indonesian Vice
President Jusuf Kalla said on Wednesday
the death toll from the weekend quake
and tsunami had reached as high as 40,
000 people. He said an estimated five
percent of the 300,000 population of the
Aceh's provincial capital, Banda Aceh,
had died. REUTERS/Darren
Whiteside
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ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE
SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURYResidents
remove a body from a street in Banda
Aceh, Indonesia, December 29, 2004 which
was hit by Sunday's tsunami wave.
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla
said on Wednesday the death toll from
the weekend quake and tsunami had
reached as high as 40,000 people. He
said an estimated five percent of the
300,000 population of the Aceh's
provincial capital, Banda Aceh, had died.
REUTERS/Darren
Whiteside
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An Acehnese mother (L) comforts her
daughter at a military hospital in the
Indonesian city of Banda Aceh December
29, 2004. Indonesian Vice President
Jusuf Kalla said on Wednesday the death
toll from the weekend quake and tsunami
had reached as high as 40,000 people. He
said an estimated five percent of the
300,000 population of the Aceh's
provincial capital, Banda Aceh, had died.
REUTERS/Yusuf
Ahmad
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An Acehnese girl cries with her mother
near the ruins of their house in Banda
Aceh, December 29, 2004. Indonesian Vice
President Jusuf Kalla said on Wednesday
the death toll from the weekend quake
and tsunami had reached as high as 40,
000 people. He said an estimated five
percent of the 300,000 population of the
Aceh's provincial capital, Banda Aceh,
had died. REUTERS/
Beawiharta
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ATTENTION EDITORS - IMAGES OF SCENES OF
DEATH AND INJURYBodies of victims of
last Sunday's tsunami wave that hit the
city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, float in
the water near the port December 29,
2004. Indonesian Vice President Jusuf
Kalla said on Wednesday the death toll
from the weekend quake and tsunami had
reached as high as 40,000 people. He
said an estimated five percent of the
300,000 population of the Aceh's
provincial capital, Banda Aceh, had died.
REUTERS/Darren
Whiteside
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An Acehnese man checks a dead body as he
searches for his colleagues in the
Indonesian city of Banda Aceh December
29, 2004. Indonesian Vice President
Jusuf Kalla said on Wednesday the death
toll from the weekend quake and tsunami
had reached as high as 40,000 people. He
said an estimated five percent of the
300,000 population of the Aceh's
provincial capital, Banda Aceh, had died.
REUTERS/Yusuf
Ahmad
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An Acehnese man walks past a ship
brought ashore by a tsunami that hit on
Sunday in the Indonesian city of Banda
Aceh December 28, 2004. Indonesian Vice
President Jusuf Kalla said on Wednesday
the death toll from the weekend quake
and tsunami had reached as high as 40,
000 people. He said an estimated five
percent of the 300,000 population of the
Aceh's provincial capital, Banda Aceh,
had died. REUTERS/
Beawiharta
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