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Tsunami Before and After

Photo: Before and after photos of tsunami damage—initial damage and one year after restoration

A year after the December 2004 tsunami swept through Thailand's Phang Nga province, tourism continued to suffer. The top photo, from January 9, 2005, shows destruction to a hotel resort; the bottom, from December 11, 2005, shows rooms that were partially repaired yet remained empty.

Photograph by AFP Photo/Saeed Khan AFP Photo/Peter Parks