Number of dead and missing still unclear as first aid arrives in quake-hit Pacific nation of Vanuatu

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Amid the havoc wrought by a violent earthquake two days earlier, Ivan Oswald and his staff at Nambawan Cafe on an idyllic stretch of Vanuatu’s waterfront prepared on Thursday for lunchtime service.

Number of dead and missing still unclear as first aid arrives in quake-hit Pacific nation of Vanuatu

Number of dead and missing still unclear as first aid arrives in quake-hit Pacific nation of Vanuatu

Number of dead and missing still unclear as first aid arrives in quake-hit Pacific nation of Vanuatu

Number of dead and missing still unclear as first aid arrives in quake-hit Pacific nation of Vanuatu

Number of dead and missing still unclear as first aid arrives in quake-hit Pacific nation of Vanuatu