The Wider Image: Lives washed away: A mother's loss in Mozambique
Ester Thoma washes dishes with her daughter Maria Jofresse, 25, near their damaged house in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, in the village of Cheia, which means "Flood" in Portuguese, near Beira, Mozambique April 2, 2019. Maria Jofresse lost her two children to the storm. In the midst of the floods, she dug their small graves but can't find them anymore. "People suffered indeed but no one suffered as I did because I lost the most precious things I had - my kids," she said. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA FLOOD" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.