Prayers, tears mark 20th anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000

Prayers, tears mark 20th anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000

People started gathering in prayer on Thursday, visiting the mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to mark 20 years since the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history's worst natural disasters.Many openly wept at the mass grave in Ulee Lheue

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