The devastated daughter of an Ebola victim cannot bear to watch as the body of her mother is pulled from her home in Monrovia, after the woman succumbed to the deadly virus. A Red Cross burial team wearing protective suits and masks carries the body of 40-year-old Mary Nyanforh from the family's house while the young girl holds her face in her hands.
The heartbreaking scenes in the Liberian capital show the tragic reality of living in a city ravaged by Ebola and the terrible impact on victims' loved ones.
The worst-ever Ebola epidemic has already claimed more than 4,400 lives, with the vast majority of the victims living in the West African nations of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
More than half the dead have been in Liberia, where the healthcare system is still reeling from a devastating 1989-2003 civil war.Healthcare unions in Liberia called off a strike today over pay and working conditions for medical staff tackling the epidemic.
The strike, which began on Monday, garnered poor support and most hospitals and clinics in the West African country had been operating normally.
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