Baiturrahman Grand Mosque
Tears, prayers as Asia remembers tsunami dead 20 years on
Women perform rituals during a ceremony held for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, at Pattinapakkam beach in Chennai on Dec. 26, 2024.
Tearful mourners prayed on Thursday as ceremonies were held across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean in one of the world's worst natural disasters.