A woman reacts as she hugs a man after residents and volunteers left for the night after digging in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. AFP
A woman reacts as she hug a man while residents and volunteers dig in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. AFP
TOPSHOT - Residents and volunteers leave for the night after digging in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. AFP
Residents and volunteers leave for the night after digging in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. AFP
Residents and volunteers dig in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. AFP
Residents and volunteers dig in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. In tears, hugging each other, residents of Kencho Shacha Gozdi descend Wednesday evening, after a third day of desperate excavations, the hill where a landslide engulfed their loved ones in this rural and isolated area of southern Ethiopia .
The landslide, the deadliest so far publicly reported in Ethiopia, the second most populous country on the African continent (120 million inhabitants), left at least 229 dead. AFP
Residents and volunteers dig in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. AFP
A member of the Ethiopian security forces stands guard as residents and volunteers watch as other people dig in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. AFP
TOPSHOT - A woman is comforted by relatives and friends while residents and volunteers leave for the night after digging in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. AFP
Residents and volunteers leave for the night after digging in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. AFP
A man and a woman react while residents and volunteers leave for the night after digging in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. AFP
A woman reacts while residents and volunteers leave for the night after digging in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. AFP