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PHOTOS: Tsunami survivors shelter in Sri Lankan school
11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet

Featured here is a selection of pictures by Reuters photographer Kieran Doherty of people living in the Mahmoud Ladies' School, which is being used as a shelter for families left homeless by the tsunami in Kalmunai, on Sri Lanka's east coast.


 

A child sits outside a classroom in the Mahmoud Ladies School which is used as a temporary shelter for homeless tsunami refugees in the town of Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast January 10, 2005. The death toll from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia on December 26, stood at 156,193 people, government and health officials said. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty
REF: KAL205D



Women stand in line to register aid applications at the Mahmoud Ladies School which is being used as a refugee shelter for homeless tsunami families in Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast January 10, 2005. The death toll from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia on December 26, stood at 156,193 people, government and health officials said. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty
REF: KAL209D



Families eat in a classroom in the Mahmoud Ladies School which is being used as a temporary shelter for homeless tsunami refugees in the town of Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast January 10, 2005. The death toll from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia on December 26, stood at 156,193 people, government and health officials said. REUTERS/ Kieran Doherty
REF: KAL201D



A classroom in the Mahmoud Ladies School is used as a temporary shelter for homeless tsunami refugees in the town of Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast January 10, 2005. The death toll from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia on December 26, stood at 156,193 people, government and health officials said. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty
REF: KAL200D



Families eat in a classroom in the Mahmoud Ladies School which is used as a temporary shelter for homeless tsunami refugees in the town of Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast January 10, 2005. The death toll from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia on December 26, stood at 156,193 people, government and health officials said. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty
REF: KAL202D



Young girls look out from empty classrooms at the Mahmoud Ladies School which is being used as a temporary shelter for homeless tsunami refugees in the town of Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast January10, 2005. The death toll from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia on December 26, stood at 156,193 people, government and health officials said. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty
REF: KAL208D



A mother washes her child in the Mahmoud Ladies School which is being used as a refugee shelter for homeless tsunami families in Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast January 10, 2005. The death toll from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia on December 26, stood at 156,193 people, government and health officials said. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty
REF: KAL204D



A mother washes her child in the Mahmoud Ladies School which is being used as a refugee shelter for homeless tsunami families in Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast January 10, 2005. The death toll from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia on December 26, stood at 156,193 people, government and health officials said. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty
REF: KAL207D



A child washes her hands over an area used for refuse in the Mahmoud Ladies School which is being used as a refugee shelter for homeless tsunami families in Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast January 10, 2005. The death toll from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia on December 26, stood at 156,193 people, government and health officials said. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty
REF: KAL206D



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