The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been likened to a state of war and Liberia in particular is passing through disaster shelled by the deadly virus.
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| A man carries a child through the streets near an Ebola isolation ward. Ebola, which causes a high fever, bleeding and vomiting, has no cure and no licensed treatment |
John Moore, who is a Getty Image photographer had to risk his own life by traveling down to Liberia to capture devastating scenes as medical teams struggle to save lives.
International doctors have admitted the virus is fast spreading and they don't know the true scale of deaths as it rises faster by the day.
See images below.
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| Woman puts hand on her head after her husband slumps dead in an Ebola ward in Liberia |
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| Protected medics watch on as woman tries to revive her husband |
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| A sick child lies on a mattress in a former classroom in a primary school, which has been transformed into an Ebola ward |
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| Another mother and child in an Ebola ward |
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| Three-year-old Nino sits in a newly opened Ebola isolation centre |
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| Children sit in the isolation ward as the disease continues to spread in West Africa |
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| Neighbours watch as a son prepares his father to be taken to an Ebola isolation centre yesterday |
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| The facility was constructed to house a surging number of patients diagnosed with Ebola in three west African countries |
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| A son tries to rouse his father in their one-room home |
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| A man stands next to the coffin of Dr Modupeh Cole, a doctor from Sierra Leone, who succumbed to the deadly Ebola virus |
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| An Ebola victim is loaded on to a truck by a government burial team at a facility in Kailahun in Sierra Leone |
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| The team then spray the coffin with disinfectant at the facility set up by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) |
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| 'Protect us Lord.' - A Liberian burial team stand together in prayer before entering a house in Monrovia to remove the body of a woman suspected of dying of Ebola. |
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| After removing the woman's body, the workers then spray each other with disinfectant in a bid to stop the spread of the disease |
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| Relatives and neighbours of a woman suspected of dying of Ebola watch on as a Liberian burial team prepare to enter her home to remove her body |
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| A woman cries as the undertakers, wearing protective clothing go to remove her cousin's body |
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| After her body is placed on a truck and taken away, neighbours and relatives gather around to watch the vehicle depart |
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| 14-year-old Andrew gets dressed before being taken to an Ebola isolation ward |
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| Residents stand outside the home of a person sick with Ebola in West Point |
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| John Moore, the staff of Getty Images who took the risk of taking these photos in Ebola plagued environments |
Photo Credits: John More - Getty Images. Culled from UK
Daily Mail.
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Oh God, save your children. dis is really serious, I feel for dem
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