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This handout photo taken on December 18, 2024 and received on December 19 from the Australian Department of Defence shows Australian citizens preparing to board a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A transport aircraft at Bauerfield International Airport in Port Vila, for a repatriation flight following the Vanuatu earthquake. Foreign rescuers joined a hunt for survivors in the rubble of shattered buildings in earthquake-rocked Vanuatu on December 19, with officials saying the toll of nine dead is set to rise. (Photo by Adam ABELA / AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE / AFP) / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE / ADAM ABELA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS