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Saved from the ashes

Imagem do dia | publicado em 08/06/18
GUATEMALA

Photo: Morena Perez Joachin/dpa

06 June 2018, Guatemala, San Miguel Los Lotes: Axel Toma, the only survivor from his family, finding a bible which was buried under the ash after the eruption of a volcano. The once green and fertile slopes of the Volcan de Fuego (fire volcano) is now lost under a thick blanket of ash. After the heavy eruption, emergency services are still looking for people who could be buried alive. Photo: Morena Perez Joachin/dpa

In Guatemala, Axel Toma, the sole survivor from his family, discovers a bible which was buried under the ash after the eruption of a volcano. The once green and fertile slopes of the Volcan de Fuego (fire volcano) are now lost under a thick blanket of ash. After the heavy eruption, emergency services are still looking for people who could be buried alive.

Photograph by Morena Perez Joachin for DPA via AFP

Read : Guatemalan authorities having hard time identifying victims of Fuego volcano — https://aleteia.org/2018/06/05/guatemalan-authorities-having-hard-time-identifying-victims-of-fuego-volcano/

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