Miguel
Angel Garcia-Alcaraz from Spain hugs Cherie Altenburg from New Zealand while
they wait for their boat going to Ton Sai Bay in Thailand's Phi Phi island, on
December 28, after a tsunami hit the area two days before. 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