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Search for Indonesia tsunami survivors

From BBC

A frantic search for survivors continues on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, where a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake has killed hundreds of people.
Rescuers try to pull out a woman trapped in the rubble in Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018Image copyrightREUTERS
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More than 20 people trapped in the rubble have been dug out by hand by rescuers in the city of Palu
People search through debris in a residential area in Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018Image copyrightREUTERS
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At least 832 people are now known to have been killed after Friday’s 7.5-magnitude tremor that triggered waves as high as 6m (20ft)
Rescuers search for survivors in Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018Image copyrightEPA
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People carry victims’ bodies to Palu’s hospital. Photo: 30 September 2018Image copyrightAFP/GETTY IMAGES
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People have been bringing victims’ bodies in bags to a hospital for formal identification
Devastation in Talise beach, Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018Image copyrightEPA
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Palu – the city of 335,000 people – now looks like a war zone two days after the tsunami
Taman Ria’s beach in Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018Image copyrightREUTERS
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Ghostly look: The powerful tidal waves left virtually nothing on Palu’s Taman Ria beach
A destroyed 10-storey hotel in Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018Image copyrightAFP
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The city’s 10-storey hotel was simply flattened, and there are fears people may still be trapped in the rubble
People drag a shopping trolley with goods looted from a supermarket in Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018Image copyrightEPA
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Looting has been reported in Palu, as the authorities are struggling to establish order in the devastated city
An aerial view of the Baiturrahman mosqueImage copyrightREUTERS
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The initial quake struck as evening prayers were about to begin in the world’s biggest Muslim majority country
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For more on this story go to: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45697233

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