Chunks of asphalt lie off the roadway as Nevada Department of Transportation workers repair damage to U.S. Highway 95 after a strong earthquake struck near Tonopah, Nevada, U.S., May 15, 2020. REUTERS/David Becker

Members of the Free Brazil Movement walk during a protest asking for asphalting for the road on BR-319 highway near city of Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

People write "Independence" on the asphalt at a rally during Catalonia's national day 'La Diada' in Barcelona, Spain, September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Albert Gea

Spilled asphalt is seen on a major road in the centre of Taipei, Taiwan April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Spilled asphalt is seen on a major road in the centre of Taipei, Taiwan April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Titanium dioxide granulate, used in asphalt which reduces car emissions, is seen in Stuttgart, Germany, in this illustration picture taken April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/Illustration

Titanium dioxide granulate, used in asphalt which reduces car emissions, is seen in Stuttgart, Germany, in this illustration picture taken April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/Illustration

Workers spread asphalt which reduces car emissions at Neckartor in Stuttgart, Germany, April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

Workers spread asphalt which reduces car emissions at Neckartor in Stuttgart, Germany, April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

Workers spread asphalt which reduces car emissions at a respirable dust measuring station at Neckartor in Stuttgart, Germany, April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

Workers spread asphalt which reduces car emissions at Neckartor in Stuttgart, Germany, April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

Workers spread asphalt which reduces car emissions at Neckartor in Stuttgart, Germany, April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

Workers spread asphalt which reduces car emissions at Neckartor in Stuttgart, Germany, April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

Asphalt which reduces car emissions is pictured at Neckartor in Stuttgart, Germany, April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

Workers spread asphalt which reduces car emissions at Neckartor in Stuttgart, Germany, April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

Downed power lines and debris are seen along Mulholland Highway in the aftermath of the Woolsey fire in Malibu, Southern California, U.S. November 11, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Cars are pictured on long time exposure on highway A5 in Frankfurt, Germany, October 31, 2018. Picture taken with long time exposure. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Muhammad Nur, 27, his wife Nita Puspita, 25 and Nita's sister Widya Wijayanti, 14, stand in front of their former home, obliterated by ground liquefaction looking for useful items, in Petobo neighbourhood, Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 11, 2018. The family was in a light-hearted and happy mood despite their circumstances. Nita described a miracle amid the tragedy: she lost her one-year-old daughter in the earthquake only to find her again at a shelter three days later. The child had been found and rescued by a neighbour. "When we saw the ground moving, we just started running. I saw the asphalt rising. I was carrying my three-year-old in one arm and holding my seven-year-old sister in the other hand. I was running and I was looking for my baby, but I couldn't find her," Nita recalled. "We looked everywhere afterwards, and I was so worried. Finally, someone suggested we looked at one of the shelters nearby and there she was. I was just so relieved and happy to find her." REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "QUAKE SURVIVORS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Wooden beams tilted at crazy angles poke out of piles of shattered concrete littered with battered motorbikes and household items, from crumpled pots and pans to smudged notebooks and soft toys. An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 hit Indonesia's coastal city of Palu. As many as 5,000 people may still be buried under the mud, disaster relief officials estimate. Indonesia called off the search for victims on Friday, two weeks after the quake, citing health concerns, despite residents' pleas to continue. The town in the province of central Sulawesi was among those hardest hit by the phenomenon of ground liquefaction, when the shaking earth turns soft, damp soil into a roiling quagmire, dragging thousands of houses and people under mud and asphalt. The destructive waves of soil smashed thousands of homes, cars and buildings into each other, carrying some of them hundreds of metres from their original position within minutes. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "QUAKE SURVIVORS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: INDONESIA-QUAKE/SURVIVORS

View of a recycled asphalt at a test aera for the first "100% recycled" road by Eurovia, in collaboration with Vinci Autoroutes, near the A10 motorway in Gironde, as part of a 1 km section renovation project, in Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France, October 9, 2018. Eurovia inaugurated its "ecological" route, a world first, containing 100% recycled materials. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

View of a recycled asphalt at a test aera for the first "100% recycled" road by Eurovia, in collaboration with Vinci Autoroutes, near the A10 motorway in Gironde, as part of a 1 km section renovation project, in Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France, October 9, 2018. Eurovia inaugurated its "ecological" route, a world first, containing 100% recycled materials. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

The Eurovia logo is seen on a jacket during a visit at a mobile factory installed to produce tons of recycled asphalt near the A10 motorway in Gironde for a test for the first "100% recycled" road by Eurovia, in collaboration with Vinci Autoroutes, as part of a 1 km section renovation project, in Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France, October 9, 2018. Eurovia inaugurated its "ecological" route, a world first, containing 100% recycled materials. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

The Vinci logo is seen on a jacket during a visit at a mobile factory installed to produce tons of recycled asphalt near the A10 motorway in Gironde for a test for the first "100% recycled" road by Eurovia, in collaboration with Vinci Autoroutes, as part of a 1 km section renovation project, in Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France, October 9, 2018. Eurovia inaugurated its "ecological" route, a world first, containing 100% recycled materials. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

The Vinci logo is seen on jackets during a visit a a mobile factory installed to produce tons of recycled asphalt near the A10 motorway in Gironde for a test for the first "100% recycled" road by Eurovia, in collaboration with Vinci Autoroutes, as part of a 1 km section renovation project, in Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France, October 9, 2018. Eurovia inaugurated its "ecological" route, a world first, containing 100% recycled materials. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

An employee holds recycled asphalt during a visit a a mobile factory installed to produce tons of recycled asphalt near the A10 motorway in Gironde for a test for the first "100% recycled" road by Eurovia, in collaboration with Vinci Autoroute, as part of a 1 km section renovation project, in Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France, October 9, 2018. Eurovia inaugurated its "ecological" route, a world first, containing 100% recycled materials. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

The logo Eurovia Vinci is seen at a mobile factory installed to produce tons of recycled asphalt near the A10 motorway in Gironde for a test for the first "100% recycled" road by Eurovia, in collaboration with Vinci Autoroutes, as part of a 1 km section renovation project, in Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France, October 9, 2018. Eurovia inaugurated its "ecological" route, a world first, containing 100% recycled materials. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

The Eurovia Vinci logo is seen at a mobile factory installed to produce tons of recycled asphalt near the A10 motorway in Gironde for a test for the first "100% recycled" road by Eurovia, in collaboration with Vinci Autoroutes, as part of a 1 km section renovation project, in Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France, October 9, 2018. Eurovia inaugurated its "ecological" route containing up to 100% of recycled materials. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

A view shows a mobile factory installed to produce tons of recycled asphalt near the A10 motorway in Gironde for a test for the first "100% recycled" road by Eurovia, in collaboration with Vinci Autoroutes, as part of a 1 km section renovation project, in Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France, October 9, 2018. Eurovia inaugurated its "ecological" route, a world first, containing 100% recycled materials. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

A view shows a mobile factory installed to produce tons of recycled asphalt near the A10 motorway in Gironde for a test for the first "100% recycled" road by Eurovia, in collaboration with Vinci Autoroutes, as part of a 1 km section renovation project, in Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France, October 9, 2018. Eurovia inaugurated its "ecological" route, a world first, containing 100% recycled materials. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

A view shows a mobile factory installed to produce tons of recycled asphalt near the A10 motorway in Gironde for a test for the first "100% recycled" road by Eurovia, in collaboration with Vinci Autoroutes, as part of a 1 km section renovation project, in Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France, October 9, 2018. Eurovia inaugurated its "ecological" route, a world first, containing 100% recycled materials. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

A view shows a mobile factory installed to produce tons of recycled asphalt near the A10 motorway in Gironde for a test for the first "100% recycled" road by Eurovia, in collaboration with Vinci Autoroutes, as part of a 1 km section renovation project, in Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France, October 9, 2018. Eurovia inaugurated its "ecological" route, a world first, containing 100% recycled materials. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

A sign announcing the closure of the Eiffel Tower is seen at a closed ticket sales counter as part of a strike by employees over lengthening queues during the peak summer tourist season in Paris, France, August 2, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

People participate in a demonstration against the Danish face veil ban in Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

A woman wearing a Yukata, or summer kimono, splashes water onto the hot asphalt in an old Japanese tradition called Uchimizu ritual, meant to cool down the air as the water evaporates, outside a pachinko game parlor in Tokyo July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Children play soccer on an asphalt pitch in Alcorcon, near Madrid, May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Perez SEARCH "FOOTBALL GLOBAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

A marking is seen on an asphalt pitch in Alcorcon, near Madrid, May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Perez SEARCH "FOOTBALL GLOBAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

A soccer ball lies on an asphalt pitch in Alcorcon, near Madrid, May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Perez SEARCH "FOOTBALL GLOBAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Soccer boots lie on an asphalt pitch in Alcorcon, near Madrid, May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Perez SEARCH "FOOTBALL GLOBAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

A football used by children to play soccer on an asphalt pitch, lies on the ground, in Payatas, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao SEARCH "FOOTBALL GLOBAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

A detail of the surface of an asphalt pitch is seen in Payatas, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao SEARCH "FOOTBALL GLOBAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Shoes used by a child playing soccer on an asphalt pitch, lie on the ground, in Payatas, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao SEARCH "FOOTBALL GLOBAL" FOR THIS STORY. SARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Children play soccer on an asphalt pitch in Payatas, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao SEARCH "FOOTBALL GLOBAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.

A combination picture shows children playing soccer (top), and details of shoes, a pitch and a football, on an asphalt pitch in Payatas, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 9 - May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao SEARCH "FOOTBALL GLOBAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A police vehicle drives on a street during heavy rain in Frankfurt, Germany, June 7, 2018. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

A bus is pictured on Interstate 80 following an accident with a dump truck in Mount Olive Township, New Jersey, U.S., May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar

A bus is pictured on Interstate 80 following an accident with a dump truck in Mount Olive Township, New Jersey, U.S., May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar

A sheep stands on a road outside Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, May 16, 2018. Picture taken May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

Cracks are visible along a road in the Leilani Estates subdivision during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, U.S., May 13, 2018. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester

A crack is seen in a road in the Leilani Estates subdivision during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, U.S., May 13, 2018. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester

A lava flow covers a road in the Leilani Estates subdivision during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, U.S., May 13, 2018. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester

A view of the road leading to the mountains in Santo Domingo, Cuba, March 30, 2018. Picture taken March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

During her long life, Terez Majsztrovics has never left her small village, hidden at the end of an asphalt track amid the rolling hills of the Hungarian lowlands. But the world came to her, in wave after wave. Born in 1934, she saw German, Russian and Hungarian troops march across the area in World War Two, then, once the Yugoslav border was established, she spent a few decades "three hills away" from a frontier fortified by Communists. During the harshest days of Stalinism, Hungary built a fence along the border, complete with a minefield. It was an "Iron Curtain", built against a perceived threat from the South. When relations eventually thawed in the 1950s, that fence came down. But, sixty years later, another one went up, and the border was sealed off again. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo SEARCH "SZABO BACSSZENTGYORGY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: HUNGARY-ELECTION/FENCE

Plates to block automotive lights are pictured at a section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, to be opened in Zhuhai, China March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

A sign is displayed on an artificial island with an entrance to an undersea tunnel, at a section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, to be opened in Zhuhai, China March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

A section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge leads to an artificial island, to be opened in Zhuhai, China March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

An emergency telephone is located on a section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, to be opened in Zhuhai, China March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

A man stands near a yellow ribbon, the symbol used to demand the release of jailed Catalonian politicians, a day after former president Carles Puigdemont was detained in Germany, on a street in Barcelona, Spain, March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera

People take part in the "March for Our Lives", an organized demonstration to end gun violence in the United States, outside the U.S. Consulate in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Construction work takes place on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, Scotland, August 1, 2017. Photograph taken August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

A man wears a dress as he attends a march to mark International Women's Day in Santiago, Chile March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado