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Photo Gallery: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
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Photo: Fishing boat rests on a street after Thailand tsunami
Photo: Tsunami relief efforts continue in Sri LankaPhoto: Before and after photos of tsunami damage—initial damage and one year after restorationPhoto: Fishing boat rests on a street after Thailand tsunamiPhoto: Clean up continues after Sri Lanka tsunami as little girl stands amid pile of rubblePhoto: The Sri Lanka tsunami damaged this house near the train tracks.Photo: Man searches for his belongings from the remains of his destroyed house after earthquake-triggered tsunamiPhoto: Indonesian man carrying some belongings amid rubble after tsunami
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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

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