A person lights a candle during a vigil to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 2004 tsunami at Tsunami Memorial Park in Ban Nam Khem, Phang Nga province, southern Thailand, 26 December 2024 ...

Tearful mourners prayed and lit candles Thursday at ceremonies across Asia to remember the 220,000 people killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean in one of the ...

Family members of the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, offer prayers at a memorial monument on the 20th anniversary of the disaster, in Peraliya on December 26, 2024. On December 26, 2004 ...

Nemcova was vacationing in Thailand when a tsunami struck on Dec. 26, 2004. By Acacia Nunes. ... "We will invite everybody to join us to light a candle to bring more light to the world,” she said.

By Associated Press BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand — The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family’s house on the Andaman Sea coast of southern Thailand when her ...

Associated Press BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (AP) — The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family's house on the Andaman ...