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Rescuers scrambled to reach tsunami-hit central Indonesia and assess the damage after a strong quake brought down several buildings and sent locals fleeing their homes for higher ground. Warning: Some photos are graphic in nature.
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Medical team members help patients outside a hospital after an earthquake and a tsunami hit Palu, on Sulawesi island on September 29, 2018.
/ AFP PHOTO / MUHAMMAD RIFKI
A woman cries as people look at the damages after an earthquake and a tsunami hit Palu, on Sulawesi island on September 29, 2018.
/ AFP PHOTO / MUHAMMAD RIFKI
Residents carry a victim after after an earthquake and a tsunami hit Palu, on Sulawesi island on September 29, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / MUHAMMAD RIFKI
A man carries the body of a child after an earthquake and tsunami hit Palu, on Sulawesi island on September 29, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / MUHAMMAD RIFKI
A man looks for his belongings amid the debris of his destroyed house in Palu in Central Sulawesi on September 29, 2018, after a strong earthquake and tsunami struck the area.
/ AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO
People siphon gasoline from a petrol station in Palu in Central Sulawesi on September 29, 2018, after a strong earthquake and tsunami struck the area. / AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO
People walk along a beach that was hit by a tsunami in Palu in Central Sulawesi on September 29, 2018, after a strong earthquake and tsunami struck the area. / AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO
A man collects valuable material from a beach that was hit by a tsunami in Palu in Central Sulawesi on September 29, 2018, after a strong earthquake and tsunami struck the area. / AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO
Residents salvage belongings after an earthquake and tsunami hit Palu on Sulawesi island on September 29, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / MUHAMMAD RIFKI
People look at the bodies of victims after an earthquake and tsunami hit Palu on Sulawesi island on September 29, 2018.
/ AFP PHOTO / MUHAMMAD RIFKI
An injured woman rests at a makeshift hospital after an earthquake and tsunami hit Palu on Sulawesi island on September 29, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / MUHAMMAD RIFKI
