A man looks among the remains of a fishing boat in the village of Beruwela on the west coast of Sri Lanka. A man looks among the remains of a fishing boat in the village of Beruwela on the west coast of Sri Lanka on January 29, 2005. The toll of dead and missing from the tsunami, triggered by a massive undersea earthquake off Sumatra on December 26, has risen above 298,000, according to collated figures from government and health officials. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan