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In pictures: Search for Indonesia tsunami survivors

News imageReuters Rescuers try to pull out a woman trapped in the rubble in Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018Reuters
More than 20 people trapped in the rubble have been dug out by hand by rescuers in the city of Palu

A frantic search for survivors continues on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, where a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake has killed hundreds of people.

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News imageReuters People search through debris in a residential area in Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018Reuters
At least 832 people are now known to have been killed after Friday's 7.5-magnitude tremor that triggered waves as high as 6m (20ft)
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News imageEPA Rescuers search for survivors in Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018EPA
Emergency officials warn that the death toll is likely to rise as rescuers reach more areas closer to the epicentre
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News imageAFP/Getty Images People carry victims' bodies to Palu's hospital. Photo: 30 September 2018AFP/Getty Images
People have been bringing victims' bodies in bags to a hospital for formal identification
News imageEPA Devastation in Talise beach, Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018EPA
Palu - the city of 335,000 people - now looks like a war zone two days after the tsunami
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News imageReuters Taman Ria's beach in Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018Reuters
Ghostly look: The powerful tidal waves left virtually nothing on Palu's Taman Ria beach
News imageAFP A destroyed 10-storey hotel in Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018AFP
The city's 10-storey hotel was simply flattened, and there are fears people may still be trapped in the rubble
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News imageEPA People drag a shopping trolley with goods looted from a supermarket in Palu. Photo: 30 September 2018EPA
Looting has been reported in Palu, as the authorities are struggling to establish order in the devastated city
News imageReuters An aerial view of the Baiturrahman mosqueReuters
The initial quake struck as evening prayers were about to begin in the world's biggest Muslim majority country

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