Hundreds of people are feared dead after a landslide in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea.
One village in the area, Yambili, disappeared under the landslide, the local newspaper Post Courier reported on Saturday.
Several villages in the province of Enga were hit when part of a mountain collapsed in the early hours of Friday.
At least 300 people are thought to be buried in the mud, according to media reports citing local authorities.
More than 1,000 houses and 5,000 pigs were buried.
Initial estimates from local residents put the number of dead at over 100 people, but the final toll is likely to climb significantly.
According to media reports, more than 3,000 people live in the affected area.
Images from the scene of the landslide showed local residents climbing over huge boulders and pulling bodies out from under the rubble.
Papua New Guinea, with a population of almost 10 million people, lies just north of Australia.
Despite being rich in minerals, timber, oil and gas, its history of colonialism, political instability and mismanagement of resources has kept its people impoverished.