In pictures: Indonesia continues to struggle with tsunami aftermath
Rescue and search operations in Indonesia
The powerful volcano-triggered tsunami struck Indonesia on Saturday night without any warning. Sweeping over popular beaches and inundating tourist hotels and coastal communities it left a trail of death and destruction in its wake.
Soldiers are still searching for bodies under collapsed buildings around the areas which were hit by the tsunami.
"We're starting to access the most isolated places hit by the tsunami," said senior disaster agency official Dody Ruswandi.
Evacuation and refuge at government buildings
Post their evacuation the residents are being rescued and harboured at various government buildings.
The latest death count is 429, with 1,485 people injured and another 154 still missing.
Deteriorating health of tsunami survivors
Days after the disaster hit the west coast of Indonesia's Java island, families of tsunami survivors are visiting the hospital wards.
Hundreds of residents are still stranded on tiny islands in the Sunda Strait, which separates Java and Sumatra. They will be airlifted or taken by boat to shelters.
Rising health crisis after the 'killer waves'
Medical workers have warned that clean water and medicine supplies were running low, stoking fears of a public health crisis as thousands of displaced survivors cram shelters and hospitals.
Many were left homeless by the killer wave.
'Too afraid to go home'
'Indonesians have withstood a string of disasters this year and with them, so much loss and misery,' said Arifin Hadi, head of disaster management at the Indonesian Red Cross.
Many evacuees are too afraid to go home.
Indian ocean tsunami 2004
Fourteen years ago on December 26 (known for Boxing Day holiday) 2004, an earthquake of magnitude 9.15 hit the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province triggering an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed around 226,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries.
The massive tsunami killed 12,405 Indians approximately, with another 3,874 who went missing.
Remembering the dead
Residents affected by the tsunami attended a mass during Christmas at Carita Pentecostal Church in Pandeglang, Banten province, Indonesia.
Thousands are expected to pray for loved ones at mass graves and mosques on Wednesday to mark the 14th anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.
(With input from agencies)
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