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A handout photo taken on December 18, 2024 and received from the Australian Department of Defence shows Disaster assistance response team personnel boarding a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III bound for Vanuatu at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland. Rescue teams dug for survivors trapped in crumpled buildings in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu on December 18 after a powerful earthquake killed at least nine people, burying some in rubble and landslides. Australia and New Zealand flew in medical and search-and-rescue personnel on military transport aircraft -- including a 64-person Australian team with two search dogs. (Photo by Campbell Latch / AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE/ CAMPBELL LATCH" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS