18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Earthquake

On November 12, 2017, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake shook Kermanshah province of Iran, killing nearly 1,000 people and leaving more than 70,000 homeless. Here is a sad woman in a black dress from the people of Iranian Kurdistan stands in front of the ruins of her sister's house, where she and her children died in an earthquake.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2018
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Kermanshah, Iran
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Copyright: © Farzad Ariannejad