Workers remove mud from a house in Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, Oaxaca state. A mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people left 11 missing. Photograph: Miguel Tovar/APResidents work after a landslide buried homes in Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty ImagesAn aerial view of the area near Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec where a 200-metre- wide section of a rain-soaked hillside collapsedPhotograph: Agencia Quadratin/AFP/Getty Images
A man surveys the damage from the landslidePhotograph: Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez/APA villager crosses a swollen river on the outskirts of Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec Photograph: Jorge Luis Plata /ReutersMen inspect a vehicle that had been buried under mud Photograph: Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez/APMen work at one of the homes buried in the landslide Photograph: Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez/APA mud-covered villager in Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec Photograph: Jorge Luis Plata /ReutersPeople survey the damagePhotograph: Jorge Luis Plata /ReutersThe mudslide caused considerable destruction in one part of the town of Santa Maria TlahuitoltepecPhotograph: Ulises Ruiz Basurto/EPAMen take a break from rescue workPhotograph: Miguel Tovar/APVillagers take in the extent of the damage to housesPhotograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty ImagesRescuers search for people missing after the landslidePhotograph: Miguel Tovar/APA resident digs in the mud as the search for survivors goes onPhotograph: Henry Romero/ReutersA man carries a child during the evacuation of residents affected by the landslidePhotograph: Miguel Tovar/APA body is taken away from the site of the landslide. Four members of one family were killedPhotograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images
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