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Photos | Picking the pieces: Rescue operations after Indonesia’s tsunami

Updated On Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

In the wake of the recent tsunami that has hit Indonesia, relief and rescue operations are in full swing as time appears to run out for those still unaccounted for. National and foreign rescue authorities are reaching out to isolated communities which in turn are being rehabilitated. With the death toll crossing the 430 mark and thousands affected, it will take time for the country to rebuild itself. This being the third major disaster in Indonesia in the past six months, the island nation is bouncing back slowly.

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A mother and her infant disembark from a ferry after being evacuated from Sebesi Island, in Lampung province after the December 22 tsunami which hit the west coast of Indonesia’s Java island. The country’s search and rescue teams plucked stranded residents from remote islands, pushing into isolated communities desperate for aid in the aftermath of the volcano-triggered tsunami that killed over 430, with 1,495 injured and 159 missing. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

A mother and her infant disembark from a ferry after being evacuated from Sebesi Island, in Lampung province after the December 22 tsunami which hit the west coast of Indonesia’s Java island. The country’s search and rescue teams plucked stranded residents from remote islands, pushing into isolated communities desperate for aid in the aftermath of the volcano-triggered tsunami that killed over 430, with 1,495 injured and 159 missing. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

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A man walks past debris in Teluk village in Labuan subdistrict in Banten province. The powerful waves struck without warning, washing over popular beaches and inundating tourist hotels and coastal communities, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake. Torrential rains heaped more misery on the region, as officials warned another killer wave could hit the stricken area. (Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

A man walks past debris in Teluk village in Labuan subdistrict in Banten province. The powerful waves struck without warning, washing over popular beaches and inundating tourist hotels and coastal communities, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake. Torrential rains heaped more misery on the region, as officials warned another killer wave could hit the stricken area. (Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP)

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Hartati (L), whose house was destroyed by the tsunami, walks with a relative in the Sumber Jaya village in Sumur, Banten province. (Adek Berry / AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

Hartati (L), whose house was destroyed by the tsunami, walks with a relative in the Sumber Jaya village in Sumur, Banten province. (Adek Berry / AFP)

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The national disaster agency cautioned residents to stay clear of the coast as activity was still high at the rumbling Anak Krakatoa volcano, which sits in the middle of the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra islands. A section of the crater collapsed after an eruption and slid into the ocean, triggering the killer wave. (Nurul Hidayat / Bisnis Indonesia / AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

The national disaster agency cautioned residents to stay clear of the coast as activity was still high at the rumbling Anak Krakatoa volcano, which sits in the middle of the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra islands. A section of the crater collapsed after an eruption and slid into the ocean, triggering the killer wave. (Nurul Hidayat / Bisnis Indonesia / AFP)

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Hundreds of residents still stranded on tiny islands in Sunda Strait are being airlifted or taken by boat to shelters. Nearly 22,000 people have been evacuated and are living in shelters. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

Hundreds of residents still stranded on tiny islands in Sunda Strait are being airlifted or taken by boat to shelters. Nearly 22,000 people have been evacuated and are living in shelters. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

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Medical workers have warned that clean water and medicine supplies were running low -- stoking fears of a public health crisis -- as thousands of displaced survivors cram shelters and hospitals. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

Medical workers have warned that clean water and medicine supplies were running low -- stoking fears of a public health crisis -- as thousands of displaced survivors cram shelters and hospitals. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

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Many have been left homeless by the killer wave, and fear going back to their communities. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

Many have been left homeless by the killer wave, and fear going back to their communities. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

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Tsunami-affected children receive food items in Rajabasa in Lampung province. The disaster agency has dispatched helicopters to drop supplies into a handful of hard-to-reach communities along the shattered coastlines. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

Tsunami-affected children receive food items in Rajabasa in Lampung province. The disaster agency has dispatched helicopters to drop supplies into a handful of hard-to-reach communities along the shattered coastlines. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

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An Indonesian relative shows a picture from a phone to an officer at an identification centre in Pandeglang, Banten province. Arifin Hadi, head of disaster management at the Indonesian Red Cross said that their teams are seeing many broken bones and broken homes, and people who are very shaken. (Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

An Indonesian relative shows a picture from a phone to an officer at an identification centre in Pandeglang, Banten province. Arifin Hadi, head of disaster management at the Indonesian Red Cross said that their teams are seeing many broken bones and broken homes, and people who are very shaken. (Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP)

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A wooden sign that read “Good Times” lies on the ground. At the Tanjung Lesung resort, cars and minibuses had been thrown against buildings, concrete walls cracked into small pieces and trees uprooted. More than 200 workers from the state electricity company were watching pop band “Seventeen” perform when the tsunami struck leaving only the four-member band’s lead vocalist alive. (Adek Berry / AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

A wooden sign that read “Good Times” lies on the ground. At the Tanjung Lesung resort, cars and minibuses had been thrown against buildings, concrete walls cracked into small pieces and trees uprooted. More than 200 workers from the state electricity company were watching pop band “Seventeen” perform when the tsunami struck leaving only the four-member band’s lead vocalist alive. (Adek Berry / AFP)

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On Wednesday, thousands prayed for loved ones at mass graves and mosques to mark the 14th anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. It was one of the deadliest disasters in history, killing some 2,20,000 people in countries around the Indian Ocean, including some 1,68,000 Indonesians, most in Aceh at the northern tip of Sumatra. (Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

On Wednesday, thousands prayed for loved ones at mass graves and mosques to mark the 14th anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. It was one of the deadliest disasters in history, killing some 2,20,000 people in countries around the Indian Ocean, including some 1,68,000 Indonesians, most in Aceh at the northern tip of Sumatra. (Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP)

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Indonesians have withstood a string of disasters this year and with them, much loss and misery. The tsunami was Indonesia’s third major natural disaster in six months, following a series of earthquakes on the island of Lombok in July and August and a quake-tsunami in September that killed around 2,200 people in Palu, with thousands more missing and presumed dead. (Adek Berry / AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2018 03:13 PM IST

Indonesians have withstood a string of disasters this year and with them, much loss and misery. The tsunami was Indonesia’s third major natural disaster in six months, following a series of earthquakes on the island of Lombok in July and August and a quake-tsunami in September that killed around 2,200 people in Palu, with thousands more missing and presumed dead. (Adek Berry / AFP)

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