Papua New Guinea’s prime minister made his first visit today to the remote village hit by a deadly landslide last week. He apologized for not visiting sooner, and thanked the international aid community for their work in his country. It’s still unclear how many people are buried under the rubble and, as The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports, the rescue mission has turned into a search for bodies.
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