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Featured here is a selection of pictures from Southeast Asia where the United Nations has mobilised what it called the biggest relief operation in its history to deal with the aftermath of massive tsunamis.
Indonesian Red Cross staff in Jakarta
prepare supplies to be conveyed to the
tsunami-hit Aceh region December 29,
2004. Rescuers scoured coastlines around
the Indian Ocean on Wednesday for
survivors of Sunday's giant waves that
killed tens of thousands. The United
Nations has mobilised what it called the
biggest relief operation in its history.
REUTERS/Dadang
Tri
REF: JAK03D
Indian survivors of Sunday's tsunami
struggle to get hold of rice bags
donated by voluntary organisations in
Cuddalore, about 180 km (112 miles)
south of the Indian city of Madras
December 29, 2004. Rescuers scoured
coastlines around the Indian Ocean on
Wednesday for survivors of Sunday's
giant waves that killed tens of
thousands. The United Nations has
mobilised what it called the biggest
relief operation in its history.
REUTERS/Arko
Datta
REF: CUD20D
A young survivor of Sunday's tsunami
selects a dress donated by volunteer
organisations at a relief camp in
Cuddalore, about 180 km (112 miles)
south of the Indian city of Madras,
December 29, 2004. Rescuers scoured
coastlines around the Indian Ocean on
Wednesday for survivors of Sunday's
giant waves that killed tens of
thousands. The United Nations has
mobilised what it called the biggest
relief operation in its history.
REUTERS/Arko
Datta
REF: CUD06D
An Indian child tsunami survivor holds
on to a shirt donated by a volunteer
organisation in Cuddalore, about 180 km (
112 miles) south of the Indian city of
Madras, December 29, 2004. Rescuers
scoured coastlines around the Indian
Ocean on Wednesday for survivors of
Sunday's giant waves that killed tens of
thousands. The United Nations has
mobilised what it called the biggest
relief operation in its history.
REUTERS/Arko
Datta
REF: CUD09D
South Korean Red Cross volunteers in
Suwon, south of Seoul, organise
emergency relief kits to be sent to
Indonesia for victims of the weekend's
quake-triggered tsunami December 28,
2004. Rescuers scoured coastlines around
the Indian Ocean on Wednesday for
survivors of Sunday's giant waves that
killed tens of thousands. The United
Nations has mobilised what it called the
biggest relief operation in its history.
REUTERS/You Sung-
Ho
REF: SEO53D2
Survivors receive packets of drinking
water at a relief camp in the southern
Indian city of Madras December 28, 2004
which was hit by a tidal wave on Sunday.
Rescuers scoured coastlines around the
Indian Ocean on Wednesday for survivors
of Sunday's giant waves that killed tens
of thousands. The United Nations has
mobilised what it called the biggest
relief operation in its history.
REUTERS/
Babu
REF: MDR03D
An Indian woman helps her child to drink
water at a relief camp in the south
Indian city of Madras December 28, 2004.
Rescuers scoured coastlines around the
Indian Ocean on Wednesday for survivors
of Sunday's giant waves that killed tens
of thousands. The United Nations has
mobilised what it called the biggest
relief operation in its history.
REUTERS/
Babu
REF: MDR08D
Tsunami survivors rush for clothes and
food donated by volunteer organisations
in Cuddalore, about 180 km (112 miles)
south of the Indian city of Madras
December 29, 2004. Rescuers scoured
coastlines around the Indian Ocean on
Wednesday for survivors of Sunday's
giant waves that killed tens of
thousands. The United Nations has
mobilised what it called the biggest
relief operation in its history.
REUTERS/Arko
Datta
REF: CUD14D
A young Indian survivor of Sunday's
tsunamis stretches her hand to get her
share of food and clothes donated by
voluntary organisations in Cuddalore,
about 180 km (112 miles) south of the
Indian city of Madras, December 29, 2004.
Rescuers scoured coastlines around the
Indian Ocean on Wednesday for survivors
of Sunday's giant waves that killed tens
of thousands. The United Nations has
mobilised what it called the biggest
relief operation in its history.
REUTERS/Arko
Datta
REF: CUD19D
A little boy sleeps on the shoulder of
his sister in a UNICEF camp for homeless
people in Kalutara, south of Sri Lanka
December 29, 2004. Rescuers scoured
coastlines around the Indian Ocean on
Wednesday for survivors of Sunday's
giant waves that killed tens of
thousands. The United Nations has
mobilised what it called the biggest
relief operation in its history.
REUTERS/Yves
Herman
REF: YHE06D
An Indian woman feeds her child at a
relief camp in the southern Indian city
of Madras, December 29, 2004 after the
area was hit by a tsunami on Sunday.
Rescuers scoured coastlines around the
Indian Ocean on Wednesday for survivors
of Sunday's giant waves that killed tens
of thousands. The United Nations has
mobilised what it called the biggest
relief operation in its history.
REUTERS/
Babu
REF: MAD022D
Australian defence force personnel load
medical supplies aboard an Australian
Air Force plane bound for the tsunami-
affected areas in Asia at the Richmond
Air Force Base in Sydney December 29,
2004. The Australian government has
allocated a total of A$35 million (US$28
million) in aid assistance to the
tsunami-affected countries. Rescuers
scoured coastlines around the Indian
Ocean on Wednesday for survivors of
Sunday's giant waves that killed tens of
thousands. The United Nations has
mobilised what it called the biggest
relief operation in its history. REUTERS/
David
Gray
REF: SYD05D
