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Added on the 17/03/2022 04:54:19 - Copyright : AFP EN
Snow covers damaged buildings in the town of Shika close to the epicenter of Japan's deadly New Year's Day earthquake. The death toll has jumped to 161, authorities say, as snow complicates rescue efforts. IMAGES
Rescue workers search for trapped survivors in collapsed buildings, while residents prepare for the burial of earthquake victims after an earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java killed 162 people and injured hundreds. IMAGES
Injured people are brought to a hospital after a deadly 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumatra island. IMAGES
Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a blaze swept through a commercial building housing a mental health clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday. IMAGES
Damaged buildings and graffiti on the walls are some of the aftermath scenes on Sunday following days of rioting in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara. What began as a small protest on Wednesday quickly descended into a violent free-for-all, with poor Honiara residents joining anti-government protesters to rampage through the shattered glass and burnt-out remains of businesses for things to eat or sell. IMAGES
A mosque that was pushed out to sea by Friday's quake-tsunami drifts offshore as massive queues form at gas stations across Palu on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi six days after the disaster. IMAGES