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Powerful Photos: Indonesia Quake, Tsunami Survivors Gather to Pray on Palu Beach a Week after Disasters Ravaged Community

Carly Hoilman : Oct 8, 2018
Faithwire.com

Please continue to pray for the families of the victims as they begin the long process of restoration and recovery.

[Faithwire.com] One week after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami rattled Indonesia, victims of both natural disasters united in the hard-hit city of Palu for a mass prayer gathering, Voice of America reported. (Image source: Ted Regencia-Twitter/via Faithwire)

As of late Thursday, the death toll had climbed to 1,558, with an estimated 70,000 others still missing or displaced.

The Central Sulawesi city holds weekly prayer for the Muslim-majority community, but Friday's gathering took on added significance as survivors gathered at Palu's Talise beach to mourn losses and offer up prayers for missing relatives and neighbors... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here.

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