Picture power: Faces of grief from the Ethiopian jet tragedy

Families arrived on at the site of the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people, hoping that their kin’s bodies could be recovered, identified and buried.

Then it downed on them there were no bodies to collect and bury…

Women from Hama Quntushele village, Ethiopia, weep as relatives of the victims of the Sunday plane crash visit the crash site. [AFP]

A grieving woman is assisted by her relatives. [AFP]

Family members mourn the victims of the plane crash at Hama Quntushele Village in the Oromia region. [AFP]

Villagers from Hama Quntushele where the plane crashed were also at the scene to grieve with the families. [AFP]

A distraught relative reacts as she arrives at the crash site. [AFP]

Relatives of crash victims mourn at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed on Sunday. [AFP]

A relative mourns as he carries the picture of a victim at the crash site. [AFP]

Nir Harush (Centre) with his nephews Noam (Left) and Moshi, relatives of the Israeli victim Shimon Daniely with an Israeli flag at the crash scene. [AFP]

A relative mourns at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town Bishoftu, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 14, 2019. [Reuters]

A relative mourns at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town Bishoftu. [Reuters]

A relative carries soil in her hands as she mourns at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash. [Reuters]