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"Exo units: the shelters redefining emergency housing - in pictures"

"Fears over people trapped in lifts after earthquakes has led the government to consider safeguards including emergency supply of drinking water"

"Ecuador President Rafael Correa has declared a state of emergency over increasing activity at the Cotopaxi volcano near the capital, Quito."

"As the Indonesian governement raises the danger alert to its highest level, more than 20,000 residents living near the Mount Sinabung volcano are evacuated to temporary emergency centres"

"Rescue workers have freed a teenage boy from the rubble of a building five days after the earthquake in Kathmandu, and pictures have emerged of a baby who was trapped for more than 20 hours"

Japan has acquired some new territory in the Pacific Ocean following a powerful volcanic eruption. A new island has emerged from the sea, 1,000km south of the capital Tokyo. Video Footage of the eruption

"Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the UN and other humanitarian organisations scrambled to provide sufficient housing for 1.5 million Haitians. At the end of 2013, around 150,000 people were still living in temporary structures and makeshift tents. Progress to rebuild the country has been slow."

"A powerful magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck off Chile's northern coast on Tuesday night, causing landslides and sparking a tsunami alert that led to an evacuation of coastal areas."