Crowds gathered as they took part in a candlelight vigil on Thursday in the Thai village of Ban Nam Khem to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern history’s worst natural disasters.

20 ans après, l'Asie commémore le tsunami le plus meurtrier de l'histoire: "J'ai cru que c'était la fin du monde"

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Brussels

Belgium

20 years later, Asia commemorates the deadliest tsunami in history: “I thought it was the end of the world”

20 years since the huge Asian tsunami, Cymru Phyw has been talking to some of those who were there at the time.

20 mlynedd ers tswnami enfawr Asia, mae Cymru Fyw wedi bod yn siarad gyda rhai o'r rheiny fu yno ar y pryd.

20 mlynedd ers tswnami enfawr Asia

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20 years since the massive Asian tsunami

Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia in ceremonies on Thursday to mark the disaster that killed some 230,000 people.

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Gautam Adani

New Delhi

Delhi

India

"The Sea Took My Daughter": Thousands Mark 20 Years Of Indian Ocean Tsunami

On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake triggered giant waves that devastated coastal communities and countries across the region

Em 26 de dezembro de 2004,  terremoto de magnitude 9,1 desencadeou ondas gigantes que devastaram comunidades costeiras e países em toda a região

Cerimônias são realizadas em toda a Ásia para marcar os 20 anos do tsunami

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Roberto Irineu Marinho

Brazil

Ceremonies are held across Asia to mark the 20th anniversary of the tsunami

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Thursday (December 26) marks the 20th anniversary of the South Asian tsunami. Survivors and families of the victims held ceremonies in many parts of Asia. They lit candles to commemorate the more than 226,000 people who died in the tsunami, one of the world's worst disasters.

週四（12月26日）是南亞大海嘯20周年。海嘯的倖存者和遇難者家屬在亞洲多地舉行儀式。他們點燃蠟燭，悼念在當年海嘯中遇難的逾22.6萬人。這場海嘯是全球最嚴重的災難之一。

南亞大海嘯20周年 亞洲多地舉行紀念活動 | 印尼

大纪元 Epoch Times

Falun Gong

20th anniversary of the South Asian tsunami, commemorative activities held in many places in Asia

People in provinces along Thailand’s Andaman coast held remembrance events on Thursday to mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004  tsunami  that killed 230,000 people across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries.

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Bangkok

Thailand

Andaman provinces mark tsunami’s 20th anniversary

Memorials were held in several countries across Asia for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

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Qatar

Memorials held across Asia to mark 20 years since the Tsunami tragedy

Leif Lätt förlorade ett barnbarn och sin sonhustru i tsunamin. Fredrik Löfgren stod själv på en thailändsk strand och såg vågen komma. På annandagen deltog de i den nationella minnesgudstjänsten i Domkyrkan i Uppsala, tjugo år efter katastrofen.

20 år sedan tsunamin – offer hedras i Uppsala Domkyrka

Upsala Nya Tidning

Uppsala

Uppsala County

Sweden

It was exactly 20 years ago that the earth shook in Southeast Asia. The subsequent tsunami was a natural disaster that claimed the lives of tens of thousands. The victims are also remembered in Berlin. Several dozen people attended a memorial service in Berlin to remember the victims of the tsunami accident in Southeast Asia exactly 20 years ago. The parish of Alt-Tempelhof, together with emergency pastoral care, had invited to this. The natural…

Genau 20 Jahre ist es her, dass in Südostasien die Erde bebte. Der anschließende Tsunami war eine Naturkatastrophe, die Zehntausenden das Leben kostete. An die Opfer wird auch in Berlin erinnert.Mehrere Dutzend Menschen haben in Berlin bei einem Gedenkgottesdienst an die Opfer des Tsunami-Unglücks in Südostasien vor genau 20 Jahren erinnert. Dazu eingeladen hatte die Kirchengemeinde Alt-Tempelhof zusammen mit der Notfallseelsorge. Bei der Naturk…

Gedenkgottesdienst für die Opfer des Tsunamis vor 20 Jahren

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Bertelsmann Stiftung

Germany

Memorial service for the victims of the tsunami 20 years ago

The victims of the tsunami disaster were honored with a memorial service in Uppsala Cathedral on Monday. "No one is as near as the absent," said Archbishop Martin Modéus.

Tsunamikatastrofens offer hedrades med en minnesgudstjänst i Uppsala domkyrka på annandagen. – Ingen är så närvarande som den frånvarande, sade ärkebiskop Martin Modéus.

Candlelight vigil in Thailand on tsunami's 20th anniversary

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