A homeless woman carries scrap metal across a railway track in the severely damaged Ratmalana district south of Colombo in Sri Lanka, December 28, 2004 after tidal waves hit the area. Nations bordering the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka clawed through the wreckage of a devastating quake-triggered tsunami for bodies to bury on Tuesday as fears grew the toll would far exceed the 36,946 now reported killed. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty |
