Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Dec 26, 2024 (AFP) - Tears, prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years on

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2024-12-26

Tearful mourners prayed Thursday as ceremonies began across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean, in one of the world's worst natural disasters. On December 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia's western tip generated a series of massive waves that pummelled the coastline of 14 countries from Indonesia to Somalia. In Indonesia's Aceh Province where more th......

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