10/28/2010

Photostream : Indonesia Holds Mass Burial for Volcano Victims


Residents, Indonesian soldiers and police hold a mass funeral for victims of the Mount Merapi eruption in Sidorejo, Sleman, in Central Java on October 28, 2010. Disaster-prone Indonesia paused on October 28 to bury victims of Mount Merapi's violent eruption, including an elderly spiritual leader appointed to hush the volcano's restless spirits. More than 20 of the 32 victims were buried in a mass grave as the country reels from the twin disasters of the eruption and a tsunami which struck Sumatra island on October 25, killing more than 300 people. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

Residents, Indonesian soldiers and police hold a mass funeral for victims of the Mount Merapi eruption in Sidorejo, Sleman, in Central Java on October 28, 2010. Disaster-prone Indonesia paused on October 28 to bury victims of Mount Merapi's violent eruption, including an elderly spiritual leader appointed to hush the volcano's restless spirits. More than 20 of the 32 victims were buried in a mass grave as the country reels from the twin disasters of the eruption and a tsunami which struck Sumatra island on October 25, killing more than 300 people. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

Poll bearers carry the coffin of a victim of the Mount Merapi eruption as residents, Indonesian soldiers and police hold a mass funeral in Sidorejo, Sleman, in Central Java on October 28, 2010. Disaster-prone Indonesia paused on October 28 to bury victims of Mount Merapi's violent eruption, including an elderly spiritual leader appointed to hush the volcano's restless spirits. More than 20 of the 32 victims were buried in a mass grave as the country reels from the twin disasters of the eruption and a tsunami which struck Sumatra island on October 25, killing more than 300 people. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

Residents, Indonesian soldiers and police lift coffins as they hold a mass funeral for victims of the Mount Merapi eruption in Sidorejo, Sleman, in Central Java on October 28, 2010. Disaster-prone Indonesia paused on October 28 to bury victims of Mount Merapi's violent eruption, including an elderly spiritual leader appointed to hush the volcano's restless spirits. More than 20 of the 32 victims were buried in a mass grave as the country reels from the twin disasters of the eruption and a tsunami which struck Sumatra island on October 25, killing more than 300 people. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

Indonesian marines and volunteers burry the carcass of a cow killed in Mount Merapi eruption in Kinahrejo village, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (Getty Images / AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)