Hiroshima City from Inaribashi bridge in August, 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan. The world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945...
Baiturrahman Mosque, Banda Aceh's religious and geographical center, survived the devastating tsunami of 2004. The tsunami of December 2004 was as...
Spouses Jduhari and Muhammad Jamal belong with the few survivors in the village Leupung. Only 500 people out of around 10,000 survived - those who...
Woman working in a rice field surrounding Leuping Village, a few miles south of Banda Aceh. Only 500 people out of around 10,000 survived - those who...
Mother plays with her child in the shallow water on the beach of Banda Aceh 10 years after it was struck by the deadly tsunami disaster. The tsunami...
Café owner Amirizal, lost his leg in the 2004 tsunami. If the wave hadn't wrecked all the healthcare in town, the infection could have been stopped -...
Leuping Village, a few miles south of Banda Aceh, was hit the hardest. Only 500 people out of around 10,000 survived - those who did however,...
Year old Mistahul Jannah lost her mother and brother in the 2004 tsunami disaster. Her heartbroken father was unable to take care of her leaving her...
The names of those who lost their lives in the 2004 tsunami adorn the memory wall inside the Banda Aceh tsunami museum. The tsunami of December 2004...
Young women sitting at the Banda Aceh north coast, where some of the largest tsunami waves in December 2004 struck the province. The tsunami of...
When the tsunami struck the Banda Aceh coastline, it plunged several fishing boats onto the mainland - this was one that made itself comfortable on...
Beautifully dressed women at a lavish wedding in Banda Aceh. After the tsunami flooded the financial aid set, much was lost to corruption and Aceh...
Goats graze above the dust of 14,800 nameless dead. None of the corpses were identified before they were put in the ground as the numbers were too...
Salmi Hardiyanti studied at a boarding school 10 years ago when she was 14 - she was awoken in the winter of 2004 by the earthquake but was a safe...
Father and his son look out over the sea at the Banda Aceh coastline. It was here that the giant tsunami in 2004 withdrew. The tsunami of December...
Woman working in rice fields of the village of Leupung. Only 500 people out of around 10,000 survived - those who did however, received new homes...
Young people sitting on the rocks at the north coast of Banda Aceh 10 years after the great tsunami took the province by surprise. The tsunami of...
Stress disorders and mental illnesses skyrocketed after the 2004 tsunami - many of the patients at the Banda Aceh mental hospital carry enormous...
Three little girls play in the wreckage of a helicopter that was destroyed in the 2004 tsunami disaster. The tsunami of December 2004 was as deadly...
Construction workers try to renovate a house that was destroyed in the tsunami disaster 10 years ago. The tsunami of December 2004 was as deadly as...
Everyday life at an open air market in downtown Banda Aceh. The tsunami of December 2004 was as deadly as the atomic bombs that were dropped on...
Journalism graduate Hemi Faradila comes to the cafe in Uleh Kareng. She explained how she was here for a protest against Sharia law. The tsunami of...
Beautifully dressed women at a lavish wedding in Banda Aceh. After the tsunami flooded the financial aid set, much was lost to corruption and Aceh...
Stress disorders and mental illnesses skyrocketed after the 2004 tsunami - many of the patients at the Banda Aceh mental hospital carry enormous...
Stress disorders and mental illnesses skyrocketed after the 2004 tsunami - many of the patients at the Banda Aceh mental hospital carry enormous...
Everyday life at an open air market in downtown Banda Aceh. The tsunami of December 2004 was as deadly as the atomic bombs that were dropped on...
Journalism graduate Hemi Faradila comes to the cafe in Uleh Kareng. She explained how she was here for a protest against Sharia law. The tsunami of...
When the deadly tidal waves hit the province in 2004, everyone was taken by surprise, 10 years later, there are signs and evacuation buildings...
Woman looks out to the sea on the North Coast of Banda Aceh where 10 years ago, a series of deadly tsunamis struck the province. The tsunami of...
Leuping Village, a few miles south of Banda Aceh, was hit the hardest. Only 500 people out of around 10,000 survived - those who did however,...
Mother plays with her child in the shallow water on the beach of Banda Aceh 10 years after it was struck by the deadly tsunami disaster. The tsunami...
Stress disorders and mental illnesses skyrocketed after the 2004 tsunami - many of the patients at the Banda Aceh mental hospital carry enormous...
Abdul Rahman shows his amputated leg of which he lost in the 2004 tsunami. Leuping Village, a few miles south of Banda Aceh, was hit the hardest....
People play volleyball in Banda Aceh - after 10 years have passed since the 2004 tsunami disaster, life goes on. The tsunami of December 2004 was as...
Year-old Wasil Fadhli has lived in the strictly Islamic orphanage: Markaz al-Ishlah since he lost both his parents in the 2004 tsunami. The tsunami...
Family get a ride in a peddle-boat on the Banda Aceh coastline. It was here that the giant tidal wave struck the city and destroyed everything in its...
Everyday life at an open air market in downtown Banda Aceh. The tsunami of December 2004 was as deadly as the atomic bombs that were dropped on...
Father and his son go fishing on the north coast of Banda Aceh where the deadly tidal waves of the 2004 tsunami disaster struck the province. The...
Families gather to socialize at the Banda Aceh north coast, where some of the largest tsunami waves struck the province in 2004. The tsunami of...
Young boy flies a kite over a hospital that was destroyed by the giant tidal waves of the 2004 tsunami 10 years later. The tsunami of December 2004...
Doctor Rafiuddin is Chief Justice in Aceh's Sharia court. He is a strong proponent of corporal punishment and is not averse to legislate on stoning...
Doctor Rafiuddin is Chief Justice in Aceh's Sharia court. He is a strong proponent of corporal punishment and is not averse to legislate on stoning...
Traditional fishing boats lined up on the Banda Aceh coastline. The tsunami of December 2004 was as deadly as the atomic bombs that were dropped on...
During the conflict between the Free Aceh, GAM, and the central government in Jakarta, Nur Djuli who was part of the Acehnesiska government was in...
Through the broken walls of what was once a hospital in Banda Aceh that was wrecked by the 2004 tsunami, are newly renovated buildings. The tsunami...
Ten years after the 2004 tsunami disaster, the bare bones of several ruined homes still stand. The tsunami of December 2004 was as deadly as the...
Fisherman sets out to sea in his fishing boat on the north coast of Banda Aceh. The tsunami of December 2004 was as deadly as the atomic bombs that...
Spouses Jduhari and Muhammad Jamal belong with the few survivors in the village Leupung. Only 500 people out of around 10,000 survived - those who...
Café owner Amirizal points to a photograph of his family before the tsunami which took nine of his eleven brothers and leaving him with only one leg....
People have set up food stalls on the Banda Aceh north coast where deadly tsunamis struck the province in 2004. The tsunami of December 2004 was as...
When the tsunami struck the Banda Aceh coastline, it plunged several fishing boats onto the mainland - this was one that made itself comfortable on...
At the orphanage Markaz al-Ishlah lay sleeping inmate children on the floor. Many kids lost their families in the 2004 tsunami disaster and had to...
Man asks prayers in one of Banda Aceh's many mosques. After the tsunami,there was a religious revival movement in Aceh and strict sharia laws have...
Young girl at an orphanage playing with a balloon after school - she lost most of her family to the tsunami disaster of the 2004 winter and has grown...
Café owner Amirizal points to a photograph of his family before the tsunami which took nine of his eleven brothers and leaving him with only one leg....
When the tsunami struck the Banda Aceh coastline, it plunged several fishing boats onto the mainland - this was one that made itself comfortable on...
Father and his son look out over the sea at the Banda Aceh coastline. It was here that the giant tsunami in 2004 withdrew. The tsunami of December...
Siti Habiyah, a member of Banda Aceh's Sharia women police, making sure that two lovebirds don't do anything immoral. The tsunami of December 2004...
Mariana was swept out to sea by the 2004 tsunami, when she woke up, she still did not know how many hours or days had passed but found herself at...
Year-old Wasil Fadhli has lived in the strictly Islamic orphanage: Markaz al-Ishlah since he lost both his parents in the 2004 tsunami. The tsunami...