I was with them in my capacity as a journalist with BernamaTV then. Supplied photo. Malaysian aid workers collecting bodies in the middle of Banda Aceh due to the tsunami on Dec 26, 2004. Supplied ...

People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history's worst natural disasters.

"This is where corpses laid, mixed with woods carried by the currents," he said at a corner near Banda Aceh's Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, where he collected the bodies of at least 40 victims.

About 50,000 bodies have been found in and around Banda Aceh, the provincial capital that bore the brunt of the tsunami's wrath. Some 2,500 more are still being found every day.

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Indonesian civilians on December 31, 2004 carry a dead body six days after a huge wave and powerful earthquake hit Banda Aceh ...