Sri Lankan conflict – the aftermath
23 May 2009: Views of the refugee camps and the now abandoned conflict zone where Tamil Tiger separatists made their last stand
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Internally displaced Sri Lankans wait behind barbed wire at Menik Farm refugee camp
Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP
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Internally displaced Sri Lankans wait behind barbed wire at Menik Farm refugee camp
Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP
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Internally displaced Sri Lankans wait behind barbed wire at Menik Farm refugee camp
Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP
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Internally displaced Sri Lankans wait behind barbed wire at Menik Farm refugee camp
Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP
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Inside a refugee tent at Menik Farm
Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP
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Aerial photo showing part of the conflict zone
Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
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A Tamil woman and her child in a field hospital at Menik Farm
Photograph: Louis Charbonneau/Reuters
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An abandoned UN world food programme vehicle lies amidst the devastation
Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
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The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, arrives by helicopter
Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP
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Ban Ki-moon visits a patient during a tour of a field hospital
Photograph: Louis Charbonneau/Reuters
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A soldier stands guard at Menik Farm refugee camp
Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
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Aerial view of the combat zone
Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP
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A makeshift hospital for internally displaced Sri Lankans
Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP
