I'm not saying they need to zoom in on a dead body floating in the water enough to tell who it was, but enough can be shown or maybe even better described than it has been so people get the sense on the human tragedy there. This didn't seem to be a concern during the tsunami footage when you actually could see people drowning before your very eyes. Sometimes the image carries a lot more weight than a report from someone there on what they say they saw.
I agree that the scope would be better recognized with bodies shown.