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Nadishani (14 years old) plays badminton with a friend in her completely destroyed neighbourhood. Narrating her story Nadishani said, While I was playing outside in the morning with a friend, I heard lot of people saying run, water is coming, run. We just started running with everyone. We saw water coming and destroying things behind us, but we kept running. We took shelter in a temple. Later I found my parents too, but my younger sister Harshini was missing. We did not find her for another two days. Eventually she was found. A neighbour had taken her to her relatives place. There is no space in temple, thus we all live in open now. There are many people like us, so we don't feel alone. It is very difficult to sleep as there are too many mosquitoes. (photo)

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Nadishani (14 years old) plays badminton with a friend in her completely destroyed neighbourhood. Narrating her story Nadishani said, While I was playing outside in the morning with a friend, I heard lot of people saying run, water is coming, run. We just started running with everyone. We saw water coming and destroying things behind us, but we kept running. We took shelter in a temple. Later I found my parents too, but my younger sister Harshini was missing. We did not find her for another two days. Eventually she was found. A neighbour had taken her to her relatives place. There is no space in temple, thus we all live in open now. There are many people like us, so we don't feel alone. It is very difficult to sleep as there are too many mosquitoes. (photo)

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Women walk through Otash camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP), on the outskirts of El Nyala in Southern Darfur. Sudan. Refugees in this camp have been given notice to leave by the government and they have been threatened that they will soon be forcefully evicted if they didnt leave voluntarily. Large number of people who are around now, are mostly older people and children and it is believed that while younger and older people stay back to claim relief food, more productive people from family goes off to find work. (photo)

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Women walk through Otash camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP), on the outskirts of El Nyala in Southern Darfur. Sudan. Refugees in this camp have been given notice to leave by the government and they have been threatened that they will soon be forcefully evicted if they didnt leave voluntarily. Large number of people who are around now, are mostly older people and children and it is believed that while younger and older people stay back to claim relief food, more productive people from family goes off to find work. (photo)

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A newly arrived family sits insides a temporary makeshift tent made of plastic sheet that drips water from overnight condensation because of difference in the temperature inside and outside at the Maslakh Refugee Camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP), near the city of Herat. Temperature drops at night to below freezing and only protection from such severe cold weathers people that lives often have is a single piece of plastic sheets. As a result often children and older people die from the cold. Lack of access to a food and water only increases these miseries Afghanistan. With ongoing conflicts and emergencies like draughts in Afghanistan and some 7.5 million people requiring international support -- two-thirds of whom are children and women -- humanitarian agencies are focussing on saving lives during the winter period. (photo)

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A newly arrived family sits insides a temporary makeshift tent made of plastic sheet that drips water from overnight condensation because of difference in the temperature inside and outside at the Maslakh Refugee Camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP), near the city of Herat. Temperature drops at night to below freezing and only protection from such severe cold weathers people that lives often have is a single piece of plastic sheets. As a result often children and older people die from the cold. Lack of access to a food and water only increases these miseries Afghanistan. With ongoing conflicts and emergencies like draughts in Afghanistan and some 7.5 million people requiring international support -- two-thirds of whom are children and women -- humanitarian agencies are focussing on saving lives during the winter period. (photo)

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While her family have their meal inside a tent, a woman sits outside by a makeshift stove and prepares food using sticks and twigs collected from the barren land around the Maslakh Refugee Camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP), near the city of Herat Until draught condition improves in Bagdhis province where they have migrated from, her family will have to spend nights under these tents where temperatures often reaches several degrees below freezing. As a result of such little protection, often children and older people die from the cold. Lack of access to a food and water only aggravates these miseries Afghanistan. With ongoing conflicts and emergencies like draughts in Afghanistan and some 7.5 million people requiring international support -- two-thirds of whom are children and women -- humanitarian agencies are focussing on saving lives during the winter period. (photo)

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While her family have their meal inside a tent, a woman sits outside by a makeshift stove and prepares food using sticks and twigs collected from the barren land around the Maslakh Refugee Camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP), near the city of Herat Until draught condition improves in Bagdhis province where they have migrated from, her family will have to spend nights under these tents where temperatures often reaches several degrees below freezing. As a result of such little protection, often children and older people die from the cold. Lack of access to a food and water only aggravates these miseries Afghanistan. With ongoing conflicts and emergencies like draughts in Afghanistan and some 7.5 million people requiring international support -- two-thirds of whom are children and women -- humanitarian agencies are focussing on saving lives during the winter period. (photo)

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W.P. Malkanti (34 years old) receives treatment for injuries inflicted by the massive tsunami in Matara General Hospital in Southern Sri Lanka. Her two daughters were also severely injured and currently undergoing surgical in surgical ward for children. Malkanti and her husband, along with their three daughters were waiting at Matara Bus Terminal for a bus, only meters from the sea, to go to their home village for the new-year holidays, when first wave came. Her daughter Nadisa narrated the story, My father said dont worry. It is just little water. It will go away. He took my younger sister in his arms and went outside the terminal to see. Soon after even bigger wave of water came and took my father and sister away. When tsunami struck, many were trapped at the Matara Bus Terminal and died when furniture, luggage and even big busses were tossed around by water. Nadisha, Dilina and their mother Malkanti were found in three different places and were eventually taken to the hospital for t

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W.P. Malkanti (34 years old) receives treatment for injuries inflicted by the massive tsunami in Matara General Hospital in Southern Sri Lanka. Her two daughters were also severely injured and currently undergoing surgical in surgical ward for children. Malkanti and her husband, along with their three daughters were waiting at Matara Bus Terminal for a bus, only meters from the sea, to go to their home village for the new-year holidays, when first wave came. Her daughter Nadisa narrated the story, My father said dont worry. It is just little water. It will go away. He took my younger sister in his arms and went outside the terminal to see. Soon after even bigger wave of water came and took my father and sister away. When tsunami struck, many were trapped at the Matara Bus Terminal and died when furniture, luggage and even big busses were tossed around by water. Nadisha, Dilina and their mother Malkanti were found in three different places and were eventually taken to the hospital for t

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Prashand (10 years old) cleans debris of his fallen house with his sister Madhushika (12). Thotagamuwa village near Hikkaduwa, a popular tourist town in Southern Sri Lanka. He stated, I went to market to buy some fish and vegetables with my mother. We were walking on the side of the road (Galle Road from Colombo to Galle). Traffic was unusually heavy. I thought there must be an accident on the road ahead. Suddenly there was a big panic. Everyone was shouting and running. We also got frighten and started running back towards home, but it was too late. As soon as we turned, we got hit by a huge wave and sank. I was in the water for a long time and could not come out. I thought I was dying. I was still under water when my mother grabbed me and pulled me out. I dont know how long we were in the water. We kept rolling. It was like diving in the sea, only waves were far stronger. (photo)

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Prashand (10 years old) cleans debris of his fallen house with his sister Madhushika (12). Thotagamuwa village near Hikkaduwa, a popular tourist town in Southern Sri Lanka. He stated, I went to market to buy some fish and vegetables with my mother. We were walking on the side of the road (Galle Road from Colombo to Galle). Traffic was unusually heavy. I thought there must be an accident on the road ahead. Suddenly there was a big panic. Everyone was shouting and running. We also got frighten and started running back towards home, but it was too late. As soon as we turned, we got hit by a huge wave and sank. I was in the water for a long time and could not come out. I thought I was dying. I was still under water when my mother grabbed me and pulled me out. I dont know how long we were in the water. We kept rolling. It was like diving in the sea, only waves were far stronger. (photo)

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Chetani Virsingha (7 years old) with her mother M. Padmani (42 years old) receives treatment for severe injuries she received by tsunami. She was on a motorbike that her father was ridding to Dikkal city to buy textbooks for her school. When they saw water from tsunami coming up to the road, they abandoned the motorbike and started running away from the water. A bus that was reversing to avoid water, drove on to her. She broke both her legs and received severe injuries in her knees and joints. She has already been operated 4 times and received skin replants. Childrens Surgical ward, Matara General Hospital. Southern Sri Lanka. (photo)

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Chetani Virsingha (7 years old) with her mother M. Padmani (42 years old) receives treatment for severe injuries she received by tsunami. She was on a motorbike that her father was ridding to Dikkal city to buy textbooks for her school. When they saw water from tsunami coming up to the road, they abandoned the motorbike and started running away from the water. A bus that was reversing to avoid water, drove on to her. She broke both her legs and received severe injuries in her knees and joints. She has already been operated 4 times and received skin replants. Childrens Surgical ward, Matara General Hospital. Southern Sri Lanka. (photo)

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Sitting on a hospital bed, Nadisa (11 years old) talks to her younger sister Dilini (8 years old) in surgical ward for children in Matara General Hospital in Southern Sri Lanka. Both are undergoing surgical treatments for their injuries received during tsunami. Nadisa and Dilini with their parents were waiting at Matara Bus Terminal for a bus, only meters from the sea, to go to their home village for the new-year holidays, when first wave came. Nadisa narrated the story, My father said dont worry. It is just little water. It will go away. He took my younger sister in his arms and went outside the terminal to see. Soon after even bigger wave of water came and took my father and sister away. They were hit by tsunami water that destroyed everything around. Many were trapped at the Matara Bus Terminal and died when furniture, luggage and even big busses were tossed around by water. Nadisha, Dilina and their mother Malkanti were found in three different places and were eventually taken to t

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Sitting on a hospital bed, Nadisa (11 years old) talks to her younger sister Dilini (8 years old) in surgical ward for children in Matara General Hospital in Southern Sri Lanka. Both are undergoing surgical treatments for their injuries received during tsunami. Nadisa and Dilini with their parents were waiting at Matara Bus Terminal for a bus, only meters from the sea, to go to their home village for the new-year holidays, when first wave came. Nadisa narrated the story, My father said dont worry. It is just little water. It will go away. He took my younger sister in his arms and went outside the terminal to see. Soon after even bigger wave of water came and took my father and sister away. They were hit by tsunami water that destroyed everything around. Many were trapped at the Matara Bus Terminal and died when furniture, luggage and even big busses were tossed around by water. Nadisha, Dilina and their mother Malkanti were found in three different places and were eventually taken to t

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Nadisa (11 years old) sits on a bed in surgical ward for children in Matara General Hospital in Southern Sri Lanka. Nadisa and her younger sister Dilini with their parents were waiting at Matara Bus Terminal for a bus, only meters from the sea, to go to their home village for the new-year holidays, when first wave came. Nadisa narrated the story, My father said dont worry. It is just little water. It will go away. He took my younger sister in his arms and went outside the terminal to see. Soon after even bigger wave of water came and took my father and sister away. They were hit by tsunami water that destroyed everything around. Many were trapped at the Matara Bus Terminal and died when furniture, luggage and even big busses were tossed around by water. Nadisha, Dilina and their mother Malkanti were found in three different places and were eventually taken to the hospital for their injuries. Over two week now, they are still in the hospital receiving treatment. Nadishas sister and fath

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Nadisa (11 years old) sits on a bed in surgical ward for children in Matara General Hospital in Southern Sri Lanka. Nadisa and her younger sister Dilini with their parents were waiting at Matara Bus Terminal for a bus, only meters from the sea, to go to their home village for the new-year holidays, when first wave came. Nadisa narrated the story, My father said dont worry. It is just little water. It will go away. He took my younger sister in his arms and went outside the terminal to see. Soon after even bigger wave of water came and took my father and sister away. They were hit by tsunami water that destroyed everything around. Many were trapped at the Matara Bus Terminal and died when furniture, luggage and even big busses were tossed around by water. Nadisha, Dilina and their mother Malkanti were found in three different places and were eventually taken to the hospital for their injuries. Over two week now, they are still in the hospital receiving treatment. Nadishas sister and fath

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Wrapped in blankets to ward off the cold, women and a child sit together in a shallow pit, the first step in creating a tent shelter for themselves in the Maslakh camp for an estimated 140,000 displaced persons, set up amidst the ruins of an abandoned village near the western city of Herat, capital of the province of the same name. Despite low temperatures that often drop below freezing at night, many new arrivals to the camp have no shelter at all. Until they find some kind of assistance from either their equally poor neighbours, or from international agencies working in the camp, they have to spend night under the open skies in temperatures that often reaches several degrees below freezing. As a result often children and older people die from the cold. Lack of access to a food and water only aggravates these miseries. Afghanistan. With ongoing conflicts and emergencies like draughts in Afghanistan and some 7.5 million people requiring international support -- two-thirds of who are ch

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Wrapped in blankets to ward off the cold, women and a child sit together in a shallow pit, the first step in creating a tent shelter for themselves in the Maslakh camp for an estimated 140,000 displaced persons, set up amidst the ruins of an abandoned village near the western city of Herat, capital of the province of the same name. Despite low temperatures that often drop below freezing at night, many new arrivals to the camp have no shelter at all. Until they find some kind of assistance from either their equally poor neighbours, or from international agencies working in the camp, they have to spend night under the open skies in temperatures that often reaches several degrees below freezing. As a result often children and older people die from the cold. Lack of access to a food and water only aggravates these miseries. Afghanistan. With ongoing conflicts and emergencies like draughts in Afghanistan and some 7.5 million people requiring international support -- two-thirds of who are ch

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Wrapped in blankets to ward off the cold, a young girl sits in a shallow pit, the first step in creating a tent shelter for themselves in the Maslakh camp for an estimated 140,000 displaced persons, set up amidst the ruins of an abandoned village near the western city of Herat, capital of the province of the same name. Despite low temperatures that often drop below freezing at night, many new arrivals to the camp have no shelter at all. Until they find some kind of assistance from either their equally poor neighbours, or from international agencies working in the camp, they have to spend night under the open skies in temperatures that often reaches several degrees below freezing. As a result often children and older people die from the cold. Lack of access to a food and water only aggravates these miseries. Afghanistan. With ongoing conflicts and emergencies like draughts in Afghanistan and some 7.5 million people requiring international support -- two-thirds of who are children and wo

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Wrapped in blankets to ward off the cold, a young girl sits in a shallow pit, the first step in creating a tent shelter for themselves in the Maslakh camp for an estimated 140,000 displaced persons, set up amidst the ruins of an abandoned village near the western city of Herat, capital of the province of the same name. Despite low temperatures that often drop below freezing at night, many new arrivals to the camp have no shelter at all. Until they find some kind of assistance from either their equally poor neighbours, or from international agencies working in the camp, they have to spend night under the open skies in temperatures that often reaches several degrees below freezing. As a result often children and older people die from the cold. Lack of access to a food and water only aggravates these miseries. Afghanistan. With ongoing conflicts and emergencies like draughts in Afghanistan and some 7.5 million people requiring international support -- two-thirds of who are children and wo

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Dilini (8 years old) lies on a bed in surgical ward for children in Matara General Hospital in Southern Sri Lanka. Dilini and her older sister Nadisa with their parents were waiting at Matara Bus Terminal for a bus, only meters from the sea, to go to their home village for the new-year holidays, when first wave came. They were hit by tsunami water that destroyed everything around. Many were trapped at the Matara Bus Terminal and died when furniture, luggage and even big busses were tossed around by water. Nadisha, Dilina and their mother Malkanti were found in three different places and were eventually taken to the hospital for their injuries. Over two week now, they are still in the hospital receiving treatment. Nadishas sister and father died. Surgical ward, Matara General Hospital. Southern Sri Lanka. (photo)

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Dilini (8 years old) lies on a bed in surgical ward for children in Matara General Hospital in Southern Sri Lanka. Dilini and her older sister Nadisa with their parents were waiting at Matara Bus Terminal for a bus, only meters from the sea, to go to their home village for the new-year holidays, when first wave came. They were hit by tsunami water that destroyed everything around. Many were trapped at the Matara Bus Terminal and died when furniture, luggage and even big busses were tossed around by water. Nadisha, Dilina and their mother Malkanti were found in three different places and were eventually taken to the hospital for their injuries. Over two week now, they are still in the hospital receiving treatment. Nadishas sister and father died. Surgical ward, Matara General Hospital. Southern Sri Lanka. (photo)

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Minhaz Haque (15 years old) collects salvageable materials from his destroyed house few meters away. There is nothing left of his house. Not even foundation. He said, Its like there was no house here ever. On the day tsunami stuck his village, it was Sunday, thus schools were close. He was fixing ceramic tiles on roof of a house in the neighbourhood when he saw water coming. He came down from the roof to try to run away, but water rose too quickly and he was forced to go back up on the roof. He saw how powerful it was and how it was destroying everything. After a while, even the house he was on collapsed and he fell down in the water. He caught a coconut tree and climbed up, but even that came down. He saw a fridge floating by and he climbed on top of it, but that too skunked. Finally he managed to find another building that had survived so far and took shelter on the roof. He saw dead bodies floating by and worried whether his family survived. When water went away, he came down and we

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Minhaz Haque (15 years old) collects salvageable materials from his destroyed house few meters away. There is nothing left of his house. Not even foundation. He said, Its like there was no house here ever. On the day tsunami stuck his village, it was Sunday, thus schools were close. He was fixing ceramic tiles on roof of a house in the neighbourhood when he saw water coming. He came down from the roof to try to run away, but water rose too quickly and he was forced to go back up on the roof. He saw how powerful it was and how it was destroying everything. After a while, even the house he was on collapsed and he fell down in the water. He caught a coconut tree and climbed up, but even that came down. He saw a fridge floating by and he climbed on top of it, but that too skunked. Finally he managed to find another building that had survived so far and took shelter on the roof. He saw dead bodies floating by and worried whether his family survived. When water went away, he came down and we

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Supan (center) with his brother and mother, light candles on the graves of her younger sister and grandmother, who died in the tsunami and buried in the compound of the fallen house. My sister dead. My grandmother dead, said Supun (11 years old). He was in the house when water came in. He was taken by surprise. He somehow managed to get to the first floor from where he saw his grandmother struggling to save his little sister. He saw them both floating away and after a while swallowed by the water. Piyadegama village in near Hikkaduwa town in southern Sri Lanka. (photo)

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Supan (center) with his brother and mother, light candles on the graves of her younger sister and grandmother, who died in the tsunami and buried in the compound of the fallen house. My sister dead. My grandmother dead, said Supun (11 years old). He was in the house when water came in. He was taken by surprise. He somehow managed to get to the first floor from where he saw his grandmother struggling to save his little sister. He saw them both floating away and after a while swallowed by the water. Piyadegama village in near Hikkaduwa town in southern Sri Lanka. (photo)

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