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  • A fisherman repairs his net on one of the fibre glass boats donated to the community on Akkrapattai beach in Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India August 28,2005. The recovery process is slow and the situation still grim for many of the worlds poorest who were most affected by the deadly wave. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Fishing families in Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India bring in their catch September ,2005. The recovery process is slow and the situation still grim for many of the worlds poorest who were most affected by the deadly wave. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Fishermen bring in their nets on the beach across the bay from where all nearly of their homes and boats were destroyed after the deadly tsunami hit last December 26 in the village of Muzuku Thurai near Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, India August 26, 2005. Families are slowly recovering eight months after the deadly tsunami killed thousands but the process is slow and the situation still grim for many of the worlds poorest who were most affected by the deadly wave. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Fishing families in Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India work the early morning fish market as boats bring in their catch September ,2005. The recovery process is slow and the situation still grim for many of the worlds poorest who were most affected by the deadly wave. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Children play on the beach across the bay where all nearly of their homes and boats were destroyed after the deadly tsunami hit last December 26 in the village of Muzuku Thurai near Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, India August 26, 2005. Aid agencies are providing entertainment for children in an effort to help them recover from the severe psycho-social health problems endemic to a catastrophe of this scale. Recovery is slow eight months after the deadly tsunami killed thousands, destroyed homes and livelihoods. The situation is still grim for many who suffer from poor living conditions, depression and many have taken up alcohol as a means to escape. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • A man waits to sell food to fishing families from New beach in Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India get as they take part in the unique ritual of reliving the day when Athi Baktha Nayanar found a gold fish in the ocean, offered it to his God and received "moksha", September 2,2005. Villagers worship this God who is know to be the God of the Sea and the 49th nayanmar. The yearly ritual symbolizes an unwavering pious man who always offered his daily catch to his God first, even when people in his village were starving. The ritual had been stopped for 25 years and many fishermen believed this is why the tsunami ravaged the coast of India. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Nagapattinum, India:Jan 25:Displaced fishermen clean up the battered harbors in their village in Nagapattinum, Tami Nadu, India January 25, 2005. Many fishermen are drinking heavily and spending all their money doled out by the government as rumours swirl that another bigger killer wave will batter the region on January 26 and completely wash away everything that remains.(Ami vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Nirumala holds her sister Varun Kumar, 3, inside a camp set up for those who lost their homes in the tsunamis that ravaged the coast of India and Asia January 1, 2005 in Nagapattinum, Tamil Nadu, India. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Unidentified bodies are cremated on the beach January 2, 2005 in Nagapattinum, Tamil Nadu after tsunamis ravaged the coast of India and Asia . By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Praviti cries outside the remains of her home after she lost 2 relatives in the deadly tsunamis that ravaged the coast of India and Asia January 5, 2005 in Cuddalore in the state of Tamil Nadu. 15,000 people died in India alone and hundreds of thousand were made homeless. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • A survivor of the tsunamis that ravaged the coast of India and Asia sits where her house once stood with all that she could salvage from the wreckage January 5, 2005 in Nagapattinum in the state of Tamil Nadu. The official death toll in India has reached about 15,000 people and the total dead is over 150,000 in the 11 nations that were hit. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Exhausted fishermen who lost their homes, boats and livelihoods try to catch fish form nets in front of a decimated boat after the tsunamis ravaged the coast of India, Africa and Asia January 23, 2005 in Nagapattinum, Tamil Nadu, India. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • India Tsunami:tree:Yelisa, 38, weeps as she holds her grandchild and the tree that saved both of their lives after the deadly tsunami struck Tamil Nadu, India January 1, 2004. She climed the tree when she saw the second wave coming and later when the Indian government tried to tear down the tree as part of a clean up effort, she stood in front of it until they left. Even though many families received hundreds of thousands of rupees, the recovery process is slow and difficult since many got no compensation at all, do not have homes or jobs and live in unhealthy living conditions. The situation still grim for many of the worlds poorest who were most affected by the deadly wave. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Exhausted fishermen who lost their homes, boats and livelihoods try to salvage what they can from decimated boats after the tsunamis ravaged the coast of India, Africa and Asia January 23, 2005 in Nagapattinum, Tamil Nadu, India. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Nagapattinum, India:Jan 25:Anand, 14 years old, who lost his mother in the tsunami stands on a beach holding onto a cross in Nagapattinum, Tami Nadu, India January 25, 2005. Many fishermen are drinking heavily and spending all their money doled out by the government as rumours swirl that another bigger killer wave will batter the region on January 26 and completely wash away everything that remains.(Ami vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Orphans from the tsunami pray in a residential home in Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu, India August 31,2005. Even though billions of dollars have been put towards the devastation, the recovery process is slow and the situation still grim for many of the world's poorest. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Fishing families in Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India repairs boats September ,2005. The recovery process is slow and the situation still grim for many of the worlds poorest who were most affected by the deadly wave. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Fishermen and women selling the fish work the market in Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India September ,2005. The recovery process is slow and the situation still grim for many of the worlds poorest who were most affected by the deadly wave. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • A Hindu pilgrim worshipping Lord Shiva and the God of the Sea joins hundreds of fishing families from New beach in Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India as they take part in the unique ritual of reliving the day when Athi Baktha Nayanar found a gold fish in the ocean, offered it to his God and received "moksha", September 2,2005. Villagers worship this God who is know to be the God of the Sea and the 49th nayanmar. The yearly ritual symbolizes an unwavering pious man who always offered his daily catch to his God first, even when people in his village were starving. The ritual had been stopped for 25 years and many fishermen believed this is why the tsunami ravaged the coast of India. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Fishing families from New beach in Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India take part in the unique ritual of reliving the day when Athi Baktha Nayanar found a gold fish in the ocean, offered it to his God and received "moksha", September 2,2005. Villagers worship this God who is know to be the God of the Sea and the 49th nayanmar. The yearly ritual symbolizes an unwavering pious man who always offered his daily catch to his God first, even when people in his village were starving. The ritual had been stopped for 25 years and many fishermen believed this is why the tsunami ravaged the coast of India. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Holy men and fishing families from New beach in Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India carry an idol of the God of the Sea, Athi Baktha Navanar from the ocean as they take part in the unique ritual of reliving the day when Athi Baktha Nayanar found a gold fish in the ocean, offered it to his God and received "moksha", September 2,2005. Villagers worship this God who is know to be the God of the Sea and the 49th nayanmar. The yearly ritual symbolizes an unwavering pious man who always offered his daily catch to his God first, even when people in his village were starving. The ritual had been stopped for 25 years and many fishermen believed this is why the tsunami ravaged the coast of India. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Fishing families and holy men from New beach in Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India take part in the unique ritual of reliving the day when Athi Baktha Nayanar found a gold fish in the ocean, offered it to his God and received "moksha", September 2,2005. Villagers worship this God who is know to be the God of the Sea and the 49th nayanmar. The yearly ritual symbolizes an unwavering pious man who always offered his daily catch to his God first, even when people in his village were starving. The ritual had been stopped for 25 years and many fishermen believed this is why the tsunami ravaged the coast of India. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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