PNG-DISASTER-TIDAL WAVES/11

PNG11 - 19980721 - SISSANO, PAPUA NEW GUINEA : Rescue workers use a spade to secure a makeshift cross to the grave of a victim in the ruined village of Sissano Nimas 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/AFP/NEWS LTD/PATRICK HAMILTON