In pictures: Relief effort begins

1 of 10 A huge relief operation for the tsunami survivors began in earnest across Asia on Saturday.

2 of 10 Aid distributors are anxious to get supplies to remote areas of the worst hit Aceh province in Indonesia.

3 of 10 In the provincial capital of Banda Aceh volunteers are still busy clearing corpses.

4 of 10 The response of the world has been tremendous - here Malaysian volunteers load supplies for the victims.

5 of 10 Indian army soldiers carried relief materials in the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Port Blair.

6 of 10 Meanwhile crowds flock to get their share of small packets of wheat and rice.

7 of 10 Residents of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo have donated bottled water for victims there.

8 of 10 Clothes are distributed in the worst-hit areas of Thailand.

9 of 10 In the Andaman Islands chain in the Indian Ocean, thousands are still missing.

10 of 10 Evidence has begun to emerge of the destructive power of the tsunami in Somalia, on the east coast of Africa.