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Emergency convoy reaches survivors of a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea

An injured person is carried on a stretcher to seek medical assistance after a landslide in Yambali village, Papua New Guinea, on Friday, May 24, 2024. More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in the landslide that buried a village and an emergency response is underway, officials in the South Pacific island nation said.

The landslide buried a village under 20 to 25 feet of debris. More than 100 people are believed to have been killed, but officials say the number could go higher.

(Image credit: Benjamin Sipa/International Organization for Migration)

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