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Children are the biggest sufferers in the tsunami tragedy. Thousands were simply swept away by the killer waves while asleep or while playing on the seashore, or have been orphaned.

Children are also particularly vulnerable to epidemics, which health workers warn is in the offing.

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Photographs: TEKEE TANWAR/AFP/Getty Images

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