In pictures: Rescue efforts under way for Indonesian quake victims

Indonesia reels after a powerful quake-tsunami as search operations and evacuation efforts get underway.


AFP/REUTERS October 06, 2018
The remains of an Indonesian mosque destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami are seen in Palu, Suwalesi. PHOTO: REUTERS

A villager carries his belongings as a military aircraft is about to land in an area after an earthquake hit Petobo neighbourhood in Palu, REUTERS An Indonesian villager carries his belongings as a military aircraft flies overhead as evacuation efforts continue in the wake of a powerful quake-tsunami hit the Petobo neighbourhood in Palu, Suwalesi. PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy sits as others queue behind a line before boarding military airplanes for evacuations at the Airport in Palu AFP A boy sits as people queue to board military airplanes for evacuation at Palu's Mutiara SIS Al Jufrie airport. PHOTO: AFP

A man sits in a badly damaged house at Perumnas Balaroa village in Palu.  AFP A man sits in a badly damaged house at Perumnas Balaroa village in Palu. AFP

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A mother consoles his son as they wait to board military airplanes for evacuations at the Mutiara SIS Al Jufrie Airport in Palu AFP A mother holds her son as they wait to board military airplanes as evacuation efforts continue at Mutiara SIS Al Jufrie Airport in Palu. PHOTO: AFP

An Indonesian is seen through a port hole of the floating hospital KRI Soeharso operated by Indonesian Navy in Palu AFP The floating hospital KRI Soeharso operated by Indonesian Navy in Palu. PHOTO: AFP

An Indonesian search and rescue member walks near a collapsed mosque at Perumnas Balaroa village in Palu in Central Sulawes AFP A search and rescue team member is seen near the wreckage of a mosque at Perumnas Balaroa village in Palu. PHOTO: AFP

A woman wails as the body of a relative is recovered from the collapsed Mercure Hotel after a quake hit Palu REUTERS. A woman is seen in distress as a relative's dead body is recovered from the remains of Mercure Hotel in Palu. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Indonesian people check for valuable items at a devastated area in Mamboro AFP People check for valuables among debris left in the wake of an earthquake in Mamboro, Palu. PHOTO: AFP

An Indonesian search and rescue team use heavy equipment to clear debris before recovering bodies at Perumnas Balaroa village in Palu AFP A search and rescue mission is under ways as teams use heavy equipment to clear debris before recovering bodies in the Perumnas Balaroa village of Palu. PHOTO: AFP

Motorists drive past an upside down boat in Mamboro, Indonesia's Central Sulawesi  AFP Motorists drive past an overturned boat in the wake of a quake-tsunami in Mamboro, Sulawesi. PHOTO: AFP

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