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Boat After Tsunami, Thailand

Photo: Fishing boat rests on a street after Thailand tsunami

Shoved ashore by the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, a brightly painted fishing boat sits among the battered buildings of Nam Kem, a fishing village in Thailand. A massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered the catastrophic tsunami.

Photograph by Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images