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On Oct. 8, a massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the mountainous region which borders Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. The quake killed an estimated 73,000 and destroyed more than 3 million homes. Many survivors continue to live in remote tent camps that do not have adequate water and sanitation and are at risk of exposure due to the worsening weather. dvgtr
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Crowds of earthquake survivors watch as a Chinook army helicopter lands along a river to pick up the wounded and deliver aid supplies in Balakot, Pakistan. dvgtr
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Injured earthquake survivors wait for a helicopter to arrive and evacuate them from a river bank in Balakot, Pakistan. dvgtr
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QUAKE SURVIVOR SOLDIERS
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A Pakistani rescue worker uses a spade to exhume an earthquake victim from the rubble in Balakot, Pakistan. dvgtr
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A Pakistani earthquake survivor, centre rear, is kissed on the cheek by a loved one after he was dug out of the rubble by rescuers in Balakot. dvgtr
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SHAH
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Displaced Kashmiris line up at an aid distribution center on a roadside outside of Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. dvgtr
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Pakistani earthquake survivors plead with volunteers in a truck to give them blankets and socks in Balakot, Pakistan. dvgtr
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An earthquake survivor holds an IV bag for a loved one as they wait for a helicopter to arrive and evacuate them from a river bank in Balakot, Pakistan. dvgtr
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A Pakistani earthquake survivor carries her injured child as she walks down a hill towards a camp for displaced people in Balakot, Pakistan. dvgtr
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HOMELESS
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In November of 2004 more than 10,000 U.S. troops took up positions around the rebel-controlled city of Fallujah in a joint Army-Marine assault on the insurgent stronghold. After six days of fighting U.S. troops re- took the city, but over 30 soldiers were killed. ajndr
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US Marines of the 1st Division fire off a mortar round during a training at their base outside Fallujah, Iraq. ajndr
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U.S. Marines of the 1st Division pass by dead bodies in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq. ajndr
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US Marines of the fifth division arrest an Iraqi man in the center of Fallujah, Iraq. ajndr
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US Marines lead away a captured Iraqi man in the center of Fallujah, Iraq. ajndr
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A US Marine arrests Iraqi men in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq. ajndr
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A U.S. Marine of the 1st Division carries a mascot for good luck in his backpack as his unit pushed further into the western part of Fallujah, Iraq. ajndr
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US Marines enter a building to search it in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq. ajndr
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A US Marine uses his foot search for ammunition near the bodies of dead Iraqi fighters in the center of Fallujah, Iraq. ajndr
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Egyptian men plead for help as US Marines of the first Division enter a building in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq. ajndr
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A US Marine rests on a bed after searching a house in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq. ajndr
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On December 26, 2004, a tsunami generated by the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake killed approximately 275,000 people and affected the lives of countless others. It was by any standard one of the deadliest disasters in modern history. photo1: Akbar Azhar, 12, drinks his share of coconut milk with village children as they wait for food aid to arrive in the ruins of the village of Ujong Muloh, Indonesia. Coconut was the staple food for weeks after the disaster. ysnsm
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A man looks for a relative among bodies recovered in Kahawa, Sri Lanka. Most of the bodies were pulled from a train that was derailed, killing around 1,500 people.
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Residents of Kahawa, Sri Lanka cover their noses as they look over bodies for family members before they are dumped in a mass grave. yfnsm
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Bodies are removed from a train that was derailed and thrown several hundred feet by the tsunami in Kahawa, Sri Lanka. Around 1,500 people died on the train. yfnsm
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Displaced residents of Kosgoda, Sri Lanka crowd a relief truck from Foundation Santhosa as aid begins arriving in the areas most affected by the recent tsunami. yfnsm
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Salmi covers her grandfather Saidun at the Indonesian Military Hospital Saturday. The family's home was destroyed by the tsunami and Saidun fell critically ill with pnemonia before rescue workers reached him. (both subject pictured go by one name only) yfnsm
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Mary Grace, 44, weeps during a counseling session at a refugee camp outside Mullitivu, Sri Lanka as she looks through pictures of her daughter Penecia Siyaminy, 15, who she has not seen since the tsunami and is presumed dead. yfnsm
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Pubudu Niranjan ties a hankercheif on his face as as bodies are removed near the remains of his home in Kahawa, Sri Lanka. Niranjan lost his mother, father, brother, home and family store in the recent tsunami. He is not married and has no immediate family left alive. yfnsm
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Kansharupan Sivaruban, 22, bathes from a well in front of the ruins of his home Tuesday in Valvedditturai, a small fishing village on the north coast of Sri Lanka that was destroyed in the recent tsunami. yfnsm
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Residents of Banda Aceh ride through the destroyed city offering to take bodies to be buried in mass graves.
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Yudi (who goes by one name) takes a break after dumping the bodies of tsunami victims into a mass grave in Banda Aceh. The area is one of the hardest hit by the disaster. yfnsm
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An elderly man waits in line for hours to see a proper nurse to tend to his injuries at a refugee center outside Mullitivu, Sri Lanka. yfnsm
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In August Israelis pulled 8,500 Jewish settlers out of the Gaza Strip. In a unilateral move the Israelis handed full control within the strip back to the Palestinians, though their movements outside of the zone were still very restricted. Not all the residents and the thousands of militants who had infiltrated the area were willing to go peacefully. An Israeli hoists the national flag from behind a maze of wire put atop a synagogue in Kafor Darom to prevent security forces from expelling them from the area. The operation went quickly and very smoothly. ftlft
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As supporters and residents form a line to stop the soldiers advance into Neve Dekalim smoke billows from a fire set at a gate to keep soldiers at bay. ftlft
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Israeli soldiers and police swept through Neka Dekalim settlement arresting activists sneaking into the area and residents refusing to leave. A family, surrounded by Israeli police, plead their case on the burning streets of the settlement. ftlft
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Late at night Israeli soldiers and police entered the Gaza Strip settlements including Neve Dekalim, the area's largest. Many poured into the streets to yell and block the ways of the troops. ftlft
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A woman prays at the wall of a synagogue that many used as a last hold out from Israeli troops evicting them from the occupied land. ftlft
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Residents left Netzarim peacefully but emotions rose when the Torah was carried out of the synagogue for the very last time. Netzarim was the most controversial settlement in Gaza due to the fact that it split the northern strip in two. ftlft
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Residents of Netzarim, the most remote Gaza settlement carry the Torah and an oversized menorah as they leave for the final time. ftlft
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Police remove a family that had locked themselves in a kindergarten in Kafor Darom settlement, one of Gaza's most militant. ftlft
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As riot police are hoisted atop the synagogue at Kafor Darom a water canon is used to keep occupying militants at bay during the settlement's evacuation. ftlft
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The protesters used poles and wooden stakes to try to prevent the containers, which were hoisted by cranes and filled with riot police, from landing atop the synagogue's roof. ftlft
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A young Israeli screams at police as he is put onto a bus to be taken by force out of the Gaza Strip which is being handed back to the Palestinians. ftlft
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Standing defiant a man raises his arms as smoke from a barrier fire emanates into the air above the Neve Dekalim settlement. The future of Gaza is now in the hands of the Palestinians. ftlft
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