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Shaul Schwarz Corbis
"Haitian Loot"
Second Place
Scott Barbour Getty Images
"Still Standing"
Third Place
Sungsu Cho Polaris / TIME Magazine
"Iraqi Shiites"
Award of Excellence
Ami Vitale Getty Images
"Village Mourns"
Second Place
Scott Barbour Getty Images
"Still Standing" A husband and wife inspect the remains of their home after a massive tsunami wave swept across coastal Sri Lanka on December 28, 2004 on the coast of the Ratmalana district near Colombo, Sri Lanka. On December 26, 2004 massive waves triggered by the most powerful earthquake for 40 years slammed into coastal communities in Sri Lanka with devastating force, killing over 30,000 and leaving 500,000 homeless. Overall the Indian Ocean tsunami swept at least 150,000 people to their deaths and many millions were left destitute in one of the worst natural disasters of recent times.
 

 

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