Fleeing from a volcano

A man from the Manam Island in Madang arriving at Mandi Beach in Bogia district last Saturday following the evacuation of the villagers because of the volcanic eruption (inset).
A team of European Union officials led by ambassador and European Union head of delegation to PNG Ioannis Giokrakis-Argyropoulos was on a fact-finding mission to Bogia when they saw the evacuees arriving from the volcano-affected island.
By last count, 887 people had left the island as lava continued to flow from the volcano after it erupted last month.

– Picture courtesy of KEVIN DAYONGA