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When the New York Times photographer Adam Dean arrived in Palu, Indonesia, on Monday, he found death and devastation in every direction.
The earthquake and tsunami that struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday had killed more than 800 people and destroyed thousands of buildings. Hungry people were begging for aid and armed men were scavenging ripped-open stores. Rescuers, lacking heavy equipment, were clawing through the rubble by hand, still hoping to find survivors.
They had not even reached more remote areas, where there could be thousands more dead.
Among the survivors, the injuries ran the gamut. Mr. Dean met a woman at a hospital named Sarah Wati, who was in tears. Ms. Wati, 20, an unemployed mother of one, had been caught in a crowd that was trying to loot an A.T.M. The police fired shots to disperse the looters and a bullet struck her foot.
Here are images by Mr. Dean and others of the quake and tsunami aftermath.