Mount Sinabung, a highly active volcano on Sumatra island, erupted several times this week. A volcanology agency has declared a danger zone of about four miles from the crater after seven farmers were killed and two others seriously injured. Here: A man carries his dog as a giant ash cloud rises from the Sinabung volcano in Karo, Indonesia on May 26, 2016. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced since Sinabung rumbled back to life in 2013 after a period of inactivity. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Many living in temporary shelters had begun moving back to their farms for economic reasons, despite repeated warnings. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Families pack up their belongings, ready for evacuation. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Cups and plates stand on a rack covered in volcanic ash in an abandoned house in Gamber village, Karo, Indonesia on May 26, 2016. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Cabbage crops destroyed by the latest eruption. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Villagers load their belongings on to a truck as they move to a safe zone. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Families rescue what they can from their ash-covered homes. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
The victims were all farming within the red zone – an area 2.5 miles from Sinabung declared off limits by government authorities – when they were consumed by pyroclastic clouds . (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Sinabung is one of 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific ring of fire, a belt of seismic activity running around the basin of the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Many tombs were damaged in the latest volcanic eruption. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Family members dig up the tomb of an ancestor in Gamber village. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Objects are removed from the tomb to be moved to a safe zone. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Items from the tomb are transported in bags. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
Search and rescue teams have been scouring homes and farms in Gamber village to check for more victims. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
A goose killed by the latest eruption. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
The eruptions from Mount Sinabung in Karo, Indonesia on May 26, 2016. The fast-moving waves of hot gas and rock can reach 700C as they roar down the sides of the volcano. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Barcroft Images)
28 May 2016 12:09:00,
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