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Reuters photos show scenes of destruction and anger after a disaster that killed almost 600.
A girl sits in a tent village set up by
Morocco's government near the
Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima
February 26, 2004. Thousands of people
were made homeless by a massive
earthquake and anger rose over a rescue
effort that has left international aid
teams standing idle. REUTERS/Anton
Meres
REF: HOC116D
The bodies of earth quake victims lie in
Al Hoceima's hospital February 24, 2004.
A strong earthquake shook northern
Morocco early on Tuesday killing nearly
600 people around the Mediterranean port
city of Al Hoceima, officials said.
REUTERS/Anton
Meres
REF: HOC112D
Homeless Moroccan earthquake survivors
receive bread in the village of Ajdir
near the Mediterranean port city of Al
Hoceima, February 26, 2004. Morocco's
government set up tent villages on
Thursday for thousands of people made
homeless by a massive earthquake, as
anger rose over a rescue effort that has
left international aid teams standing
idle. REUTERS/Anton
Meres
REF: HOC122D.
ATTENTION EDITORS: VISUAL COVERAGE OF
SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURYA man
looks at a dead girl, who lies beside
the body of her mother at Al Hoceima's
hospital February 24, 2004, after a
strong earthquake shook northern Morocco
early on Tuesday. The earthquake killed
at least 229 people around the
Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima,
officials said. REUTERS/Anton
Meres
REF: HOC107D
A man stands next to a destroyed house
in the village of Ait Kamara February 24,
2004, after a strong earthquake shook
northern Morocco early on Tuesday. The
earthquake killed at least 229 people
around the Mediterranean port city of Al
Hoceima, officials said. REUTERS/Anton
Meres
REF: HOC106D
Firemen stand near a building that was
destroyed by an early morning aftershock
in the Moroccan village of Im-Zouren
February 25, 2004. Interior Minister
Mustapha Sahel has said the official
death toll from the recent earthquake,
the worst in over 40 years, had risen to
571, and that the government was doing
all in its power to offer psychological
help to traumatised survivors.
REUTERS/Andrea
Comas
REF: HOC116D
Rescue workers try to locate survivors
with the help of dogs under the rubble
of a building that was destroyed by an
early morning aftershock in the Moroccan
village of Im-Zouren February 25, 2004.
A strong earthquake shook northern
Morocco early on Tuesday killing around
570 people around the Mediterranean port
city of Al Hoceima, officials said.
REUTERS/Andrea
Comas
REF: HOC102D
Angry homeless survivors from an
earthquake protest at the lack of
government aid shouting slogans and
holding a picture of Moroccan king
Mohammed VI and his father Hassan II
around the airport near the
Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima
February 26, 2004. Morocco's government
set up tent villages on Thursday for
thousands of people made homeless by a
massive earthquake, as anger rose over a
rescue effort that has left
international aid teams standing idle.
REUTERS/Andrea Comas
REF: HOC119D
Two women watch the rubble of a building
that was destroyed in the Moroccan
village of Im-Zouren February 25, 2004.
Thousands of homeless Moroccans
struggled to rebuild their shattered
lives on Wednesday after a powerful
earthquake that killed nearly 600 people
forced survivors to spend the night in
the open.
REUTERS/Anton
Meres
REF: HOC105D
A man stands in the ruins of his house
in the village of Ait Kamara February 24,
2004, after a strong earthquake shook
northern Morocco early on Tuesday. The
earthquake killed at least 229 people
around the Mediterranean port city of Al
Hoceima, officials said. REUTERS/Anton
Meres
REF: HOC111D
People try to locate survivors under the
rubble of a building that was destroyed
by an early morning aftershock in the
Moroccan village of Im-Zouren February
25, 2004. A strong earthquake shook
northern Morocco early on Tuesday
killing around 570 people around the
Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima,
officials said. REUTERS/Anton Meres
REF: HOC114D
Moroccan soldiers stop a protestor from
climbing on a truck containing
mattresses and blankets on a main road
near the the Mediterranean port city of
Al Hoceima February 26, 2004. Morocco's
government set up tent villages on
Thursday for thousands of people made
homeless by a massive earthquake, as
anger rose over a rescue effort that has
left international aid teams standing
idle. REUTERS/Anton Meres
REF: HOC108D
People walk around in a tent village set
up by Morocco's government near the
Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima
February 26, 2004. Thousands of people
were made homeless by a massive
earthquake and anger rose over a rescue
effort that has left international aid
teams standing idle. REUTERS/Anton
Meres
REF: HOC118D
People walk past a destroyed building in
the village of Im-Zouren February 24,
2004, after a strong earthquake shook
northern Morocco early on Tuesday. The
earthquake killed at least 229 people
around the Mediterranean port city of Al
Hoceima, officials said. REUTERS/Andrea
Comas
REF: HOC101aD
Women in the Moroccan village of Ait
Daoud cry in front of the rubble of
their home that was destroyed by an
earthquake February 25, 2004. Interior
Minister Mustapha Sahel has said the
official death toll from the quake, the
worst in over 40 years, had risen to 571,
and that the government was doing all
in its power to offer psychological help
to traumatised survivors. REUTERS/
Andrea
Comas
REF: HOC103D
People rest inside a van after they lost
their home in Al Hoceima February 24,
2004, after a strong earthquake shook
northern Morocco early on Tuesday. The
earthquake killed nearly 600 people
around the Mediterranean port city of Al
Hoceima, officials said. REUTERS/Andrea
Comas
REF: HOC104D
A boy watches rescue workers as they try
to locate survivors under the rubble of
a building that was destroyed by an
early morning aftershock in the Moroccan
village of Im-Zouren February 25, 2004.
Interior Minister Mustapha Sahel has
said the official death toll from the
recent earthquake, the worst in over 40
years, had risen to 571, and that the
government was doing all in its power to
offer psychological help to traumatised
survivors. REUTERS/Anton
Meres
REF: HOC104D
A Moroccan policeman argues with an
angry protestor, who is trying to climb
on a truck containing mattresses and
blankets for earthquake survivors, at
the airport near the the Mediterranean
port city of Al Hoceima February 26,
2004. Interior Minister Mustapha Sahel
has said the official death toll from
the quake, the worst in over 40 years,
had risen to 571, and that the
government was doing all in its power to
offer psychological help to traumatised
survivors. REUTERS/Andrea
Comas
REF: HOC112D
Angry protestors holding stones in their
hands block trucks containing mattresses
and blankets for earthquake survivors on
a main road near the the Mediterranean
port city of Al Hoceima February 26,
2004. Interior Minister Mustapha Sahel
has said the official death toll from
the quake, the worst in over 40 years,
had risen to 571, and that the
government was doing all in its power to
offer psychological help to traumatised
survivors. REUTERS/Anton Meres
REF: HOC107D
A man stands on top of his home February
25, 2004 that was destroyed by an
earthquake in the northern Moroccan
village of Ait Daoud. The death toll
from Morocco's worst natural disaster in
more than 40 years rose to at least 565
when aftershocks sent two buildings in
the nearby village of Im-Zouren crashing.
REUTERS/Andrea
Comas
REF: HOC117D
A woman and a girl holding a cat sit in
the rubble of their home that was
destroyed by an earthquake in the
Moroccan village of Ait Daoud February
25, 2004. A strong earthquake shook
northern Morocco early on Tuesday
killing nearly 600 people around the
Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima.
REUTERS/Andrea Comas
REF: HOC113D
Moroccan soldiers unload aid February 26,
2004, at the airport near the
Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima,
after a strong earthquake shook northern
Morocco early on Tuesday. Interior
Minister Mustapha Sahel has said the
official death toll from the quake, the
worst in over 40 years, had risen to 571,
and that the government was doing all
in its power to offer psychological help
to traumatised survivors. REUTERS/
Andrea
Comas
REF: HOC102D
Angry homeless survivors from an
earthquake protest at the lack of
government aid shouting slogans in the
Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima
February 26, 2004. Morocco's government
set up tent villages on Thursday for
thousands of people made homeless by a
massive earthquake, as anger rose over a
rescue effort that has left
international aid teams standing idle.
REUTERS/Anton
Meres
REF: HOC124D
A man sticks his head out from a tent in
a temporary tent village set up by
Morocco's government for earthquake
survivors near the Mediterranean port
city of Al Hoceima February 26, 2004.
Interior Minister Mustapha Sahel said
earlier the official death toll from the
quake, the worst in over 40 years, had
risen to 571, and that the government
was doing all in its power to offer
psychological help to traumatised
survivors. REUTERS/Anton
Meres
REF: HOC117D
Moroccan police try to stop an angry
protestor February 26, 2004, at the
airport near the Mediterranean port city
of Al Hoceima from blocking trucks
containing mattresses and blankets.
Morocco's government set up tent
villages on Thursday for thousands of
people made homeless by a massive
earthquake, as anger rose over a rescue
effort that has left international aid
teams standing idle. REUTERS/
Andrea Comas
REUTERS
REF: HOC106D
Rescue workers try to locate survivors
under the rubble of a building that was
destroyed by an early morning aftershock
in the Moroccan village of Im-Zouren
February 25, 2004. Thousands of
homeless Moroccans struggled to rebuild
their shattered lives on Wednesday after
a powerful earthquake that killed nearly
600 people forced survivors to spend the
night in the open.
REUTERS/Andrea
Comas
REF: HOC101D
The wife of Mohammed Boutasgount, who
died inside his home when the building
collapsed during an aftershock, is
attended by rescue workers in the
Moroccan village of Im-Zouren February
25, 2004. Interior Minister Mustapha
Sahel has said the official death toll
from the recent earthquake quake, the
worst in over 40 years, had risen to 571,
and that the government was doing all
in its power to offer psychological help
to traumatised survivors. REUTERS/Anton
Meres
REF: HOC118D
A rescue worker throws up his arms in
the air as he walks among the dust
caused by the rubble of buildings that
were destroyed by an early morning
aftershock in the Moroccan village of Im-
Zouren February 25, 2004. A strong
earthquake shook northern Morocco early
on Tuesday killing around 570 people
around the Mediterranean port city of Al
Hoceima, officials said. REUTERS/Andrea
Comas
REF: HOC106D
