Asia Album: People commemorate victims of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka-Xinhua
Asia Album: People commemorate victims of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka
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2024-12-28 10:14:15
People attend a commemoration event for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 26, 2024. (Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- People in Galle, Sri Lanka on Thursday attended a commemoration event for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, offering flowers and prayers at a memorial monument.
Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. Sri Lanka was one of the countries most severely affected by the tsunami.
A woman attends a commemoration event for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 26, 2024. (Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)People attend a commemoration event of the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 26, 2024. (Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)Railway guards of the "Sea Queen" train and family members of the 2004 tsunami victims arrive at a commemoration event with flowers in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 26, 2024. (Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)Railway guards of the "Sea Queen" train and family members of the 2004 tsunami victims arrive at a commemoration event with flowers in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 26, 2024. (Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)■
