A youth carrying a mat looks on as villagers gather for prayers for those who lost their lives in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Peukan Bada, Aceh province on December 26, 2024, the 20th anniversary of the tsunami. On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia and triggered a huge tsunami across the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people in a dozen countries. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)