Sri Lankan rescue personnel look for dead bodies near a train carriage after it was swept away by tidal waves, in Sinigame near the tourist town of Hikaduwa on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka 29 December 2004. An estimated 1,500 passengers perished when their train was hit by the tsunami that swept Sri Lanka's coastline, officials said 28 December.,Image: 16046418, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
Sri Lankan villagers walk past the shattered carriages of an express train which was hit by tsunami waves at Sinegame, some 90kms south of Colombo, 23 January 2005. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) more than half the number of Sri Lankan residents initially displaced in the 26 December 2004, tsunamis have now moved back to their houses and have begun reconstruction. Sri Lankan latest official figures placed the death toll at 30,920 killed and 5,565 missing with 437,000 still displaced.,Image: 16384241, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
Sri Lankan policemen stand guard as railway workers remove bodies and possessions from a derailed train carriage in Sinigame near the tourist town of Hikkaduwa, on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, 08 January 2005. The train was hit by a giant tsunami 26 December 2004, caused by an underseas earthquake off the northern coast of Sumatra.,Image: 16055728, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
A Sri Lankan policeman looks through discarded possessions beside a derailed train carriage in Sinigame near the tourist town of Hikkaduwa, on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, 08 January 2005. The train was hit by a giant tsunami 26 December 2004, caused by an underseas earthquake off the northern coast of Sumatra.,Image: 16055733, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
A Sri Lankan railway worker clears debris from within a derailed train carriage in Sinigame near the tourist town of Hikkaduwa, on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, 08 January 2005. The train was hit by a giant tsunami 26 December 2004, caused by an underseas earthquake off the northern coast of Sumatra.,Image: 16055738, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no