P. Vedanayagi, 12, her sister P.Gangagowri, 10, and her brother Manikandaprabhu, 9, have been orphaned by the tsunami. They lost their mother when the waves swept away their home on the seashore. Their father died in April 2004. The siblings now live in a government home in the southern Indian city of Cuddalore.
(Photo by Anuradha Raghunathan)