"Images" (by Megan Nadolski)

The women of Kalametiya village light the first stick of incense in the Jayasumanarama Viharasthaney Buddhist temple since the tsunami.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:55:34 +0000

The women of Kalametiya village light the first stick of incense in the Jayasumanarama Viharasthaney Buddhist temple since the tsunami.
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A single light bulb, that used to light a house, burns on an illegally tapped line in midday, as Kudakalliya villagers walk out to greet the first relief workers they have seen since the U.S. Army dropped off food and water at the end of December.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:55:39 +0000

A single light bulb, that used to light a house, burns on an illegally tapped line in midday, as Kudakalliya villagers walk out to greet the first relief workers they have seen since the U.S. Army dropped off food and water at the end of December.
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Because they neglected to read the Koran last night, Muslim boys are punished by kneeling on a pile of rubble that was a home before the tsunami hit.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:55:43 +0000

Because they neglected to read the Koran last night, Muslim boys are punished by kneeling on a pile of rubble that was a home before the tsunami hit.
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A woman, deep in thought, takes a ferry to her village, which was ravaged by civil war for twenty years before the tsunami hit on December 26.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:55:48 +0000

A woman, deep in thought, takes a ferry to her village, which was ravaged by civil war for twenty years before the tsunami hit on December 26.
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P.H. Lahiru Madusanka draws his family in the tsunami with his feet. Due to cerebral palsy, his hands cannot grip and he cannot walk without assistance. Lahiru has been drawing blue and purple waves in his sketchbook since the tsunami hit his village.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:55:53 +0000

P.H. Lahiru Madusanka draws his family in the tsunami with his feet. Due to cerebral palsy, his hands cannot grip and he cannot walk without assistance. Lahiru has been drawing blue and purple waves in his sketchbook since the tsunami hit his village.
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Three spoons and a foundation are all that remain of a household. Every household in the village that was Kalametiya has a story like this one.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:55:58 +0000

Three spoons and a foundation are all that remain of a household. Every household in the village that was Kalametiya has a story like this one.
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Migrant fisherman weed through their spoils for the day, after spending over four hours pulling in their large net.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:56:02 +0000

Migrant fisherman weed through their spoils for the day, after spending over four hours pulling in their large net.
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A road running down the middle of miles of rice paddies marks the line where the tsunami stopped. On one side, the paddies are filled with salt water and riddled with debris, while the other side is still healthy and waiting to be harvested.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:56:08 +0000

A road running down the middle of miles of rice paddies marks the line where the tsunami stopped. On one side, the paddies are filled with salt water and riddled with debris, while the other side is still healthy and waiting to be harvested.
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Y.G. Sirsena helps to fix one of his friend's boats at the boat repair workshop that has been set up near Fisheries Harbor.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:56:14 +0000

Y.G. Sirsena helps to fix one of his friend's boats at the boat repair workshop that has been set up near Fisheries Harbor.
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Relief workers sit with villagers discussing the tsunami in front of a house that was flooded weeks before.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:56:18 +0000

Relief workers sit with villagers discussing the tsunami in front of a house that was flooded weeks before.
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A young boy stands next to his uncle's grave, who survived the tsunami, but died a day later in his sleep. "He died of heartbreak," the boy said.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:56:23 +0000

A young boy stands next to his uncle's grave, who survived the tsunami, but died a day later in his sleep. "He died of heartbreak," the boy said.
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A biker rides under a tarragon tree at sunrise down a road that was rigged with land mines only four years before.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:56:27 +0000

A biker rides under a tarragon tree at sunrise down a road that was rigged with land mines only four years before.
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Marrika Watson wakes up for the first time in her life with a straight back. Watson opened her eyes at 5:14 p.m. after an eight-hour surgical attempt to reverse the effects of her cerebral palsy.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:56:31 +0000

Marrika Watson wakes up for the first time in her life with a straight back. Watson opened her eyes at 5:14 p.m. after an eight-hour surgical attempt to reverse the effects of her cerebral palsy.
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Donna Delgadillo, from the Cherokee Nation, kisses her crying 5-year-old son Joshua Delgadillo at the Ocmulgee Indian Celebration Sunday afternoon.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:56:36 +0000

Donna Delgadillo, from the Cherokee Nation, kisses her crying 5-year-old son Joshua Delgadillo at the Ocmulgee Indian Celebration Sunday afternoon.
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Muslim Frank Scott State Prison inmates participate in Jumah on a Friday afternoon. "We have more Muslim inmates in this prison than in all of Baldwin County," says Chaplain Terry Cliett. "The Muslim religion is something they found behind bars."

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:56:41 +0000

Muslim Frank Scott State Prison inmates participate in Jumah on a Friday afternoon. "We have more Muslim inmates in this prison than in all of Baldwin County," says Chaplain Terry Cliett. "The Muslim religion is something they found behind bars."
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A young girl receives her first communion.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:56:47 +0000

A young girl receives her first communion.
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People gather around the "Black Heritage Monument," after the dedication of the Black Heritage Plaza on Thursday afternoon. The "Black Heritage Monument" now stands on Macintosh Street, where the black business district of Milledgeville once flourished.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:56:54 +0000

People gather around the "Black Heritage Monument," after the dedication of the Black Heritage Plaza on Thursday afternoon. The "Black Heritage Monument" now stands on Macintosh Street, where the black business district of Milledgeville once flourished.
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Candelario Serrano, 29, has been kickboxing for two years, but in the past four months has been training at Athens Arena, hoping to break into the world of professional boxing. Known as "burro" or "donkey" in the ring, Serrano's already a local celebrity.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:57:00 +0000

Candelario Serrano, 29, has been kickboxing for two years, but in the past four months has been training at Athens Arena, hoping to break into the world of professional boxing. Known as "burro" or "donkey" in the ring, Serrano's already a local celebrity.
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After 3 days in the Superdome, a week on the I-90 overpass and weeks in a shelter, a Ninth Ward resident poses for a single portrait.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:57:05 +0000

After 3 days in the Superdome, a week on the I-90 overpass and weeks in a shelter, a Ninth Ward resident poses for a single portrait.
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A novena to St. Jude, patron saint of hopeless causes, at St. Jude's Church in New Orleans, LA.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:57:11 +0000

A novena to St. Jude, patron saint of hopeless causes, at St. Jude's Church in New Orleans, LA.
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Kate Gainer wheels herself around Central State Hospital's Cedar Lane Cemetery Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the Olmstead Decision.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:57:15 +0000

Kate Gainer wheels herself around Central State Hospital's Cedar Lane Cemetery Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the Olmstead Decision.
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Bronze sculptor Alan Cottrill, 53, stands among his creations at his studio in Zanesville, OH.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:57:31 +0000

Bronze sculptor Alan Cottrill, 53, stands among his creations at his studio in Zanesville, OH.
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Bronze sculptor Alan Cottrill

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:57:38 +0000

Bronze sculptor Alan Cottrill
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Andrew

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:17:13 +0000

Andrew
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