![This December 28, 2004 file photo shows the city of...]()
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This December 28, 2004 file photo shows the city of Meulaboh in Aceh province underwater.
![Phi Phi Village in Thailand as seen in December 2004...]()
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Phi Phi Village in Thailand as seen in December 2004 (left) and December 2014 (right).
![In this Dec. 28, 2004 file photo, villagers walk with...]()
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In this Dec. 28, 2004 file photo, villagers walk with their belongings past two boats that were washed ashore by tidal waves at Nagappattinam, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
![In this Jan. 10, 2005 file photo, an elephant which...]()
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In this Jan. 10, 2005 file photo, an elephant which belongs to forest ministry removes debris in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
![In this Jan. 30, 2005 file photo, an aerial view...]()
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In this Jan. 30, 2005 file photo, an aerial view shows the Rahmatullah Lampuuk mosque in the village of Lhoknga, near Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
![In this Dec. 29, 2004 file photo, Kusol Wetchakul offers...]()
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In this Dec. 29, 2004 file photo, Kusol Wetchakul offers prayers for the soul of his sister, who was swept out to sea and believed drowned as she sold goods to tourists on a popular beach near Khao Lak, Thailand.
![The Indonesian city of Banda Aceh, as seen in December...]()
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The Indonesian city of Banda Aceh, as seen in December 2004 (left) and December 2014 (right).
![In this Dec. 26, 2004 file photo, youths try to...]()
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In this Dec. 26, 2004 file photo, youths try to pull a man to higher ground through a flooded street after the tsunami hit the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia.
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In this Dec. 28, 2004 file photo, rescue and clean-up crews survey a flooded lobby at the Seapearl Beach Hotel along Patong Beach on Phuket Island, Thailand.
![The Grand Mosque in the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh...]()
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The Grand Mosque in the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh as seen in December 2004 (left) and December 2014 (right).
![In this Jan. 1, 2005 file photo, Lakshmi, center, Selvi,...]()
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In this Jan. 1, 2005 file photo, Lakshmi, center, Selvi, right, and Ariamala, rear with mask, grieve as earthmovers clear debris of their damaged house.
![The coast west of Aceh as seen in January 2005...]()
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The coast west of Aceh as seen in January 2005 (left) and December 2014 (right).
![In this Jan. 8, 2005 file photo, a surging crowd...]()
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In this Jan. 8, 2005 file photo, a surging crowd of survivors struggles to get food and other supplies being unloaded from a US Navy Sea Hawk helicopter in northwest Indonesia.
![In this Dec. 28, 2004 file photo, a boat passes...]()
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In this Dec. 28, 2004 file photo, a boat passes by a damaged hotel at Ton Sai Bay on Phi Phi Island in Thailand.
![In this Dec. 26, 2004 file photo, tidal waves wash...]()
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In this Dec. 26, 2004 file photo, tidal waves wash through houses at Maddampegama, about 38 miles south of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Some 230,000 people in 14 countries were killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004, one of the worst natural disasters in modern history.
