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PNG01 - 19980721 - ROME, PAPUA NEW GUINEA : An injured girl screams in pain as she is lifted onto a stretcher before being evacuated by helicopter from the village of Rome 21 July in the remote NW of Papua New Guinea. Rescue workers believe that up to 3,500 people were swept to their deaths when three giant tidal waves struck 17 July and devastated seven coastal towns. EPA PHOTO/AFP/Torsten BLACKWOOD