“At Poboya, in the hills above Palu, volunteers dug a 100-metre-long mass grave and began filling it with hundreds of bodies in bags. Instructions were given to prepare for up to 1,300 victims to be buried, in order to stave off the spread of disease.” Grim scenes in Indonesia as authorities try to make their way towards a Tsunami’s hardest hit areas. The death toll is expected to rise.

+ InFocus: Photos From the Deadly Earthquake and Tsunami in Indonesia.