From top: relatives waiting for rescuers to retrieve the bodies of their loved ones after Al-Salam 98 ferry disaster; the wreckage of the Qalyoubia train; one of many buildings that collapsed due to the 1992 earthquake; a scene from the 1990s floods; rescue workers moving charred bodies out of the 2002 Upper Egypt train
(photos: Al-Ahram archives)

parent page (31 August - 6 September 2006, issue #810)