People flock to Aceh 'ground zero' to mark tsunami anniversary

People flock to Aceh 'ground zero' to mark tsunami anniversary

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - A women offers prayers for her lost son at an old mosque in Banda Aceh on Dec. 26, 2009, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the deadly tsunami. The densely-populated area surrounding Banda Aceh's city center was among the hardest-hit areas in the catastrophe triggered by a huge undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 on Dec. 26 in 2004. (Kyodo)

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