A mourner prays at the Ulee Lheue mass grave, one of the two major mass burial sites where victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were laid to rest, in Banda Aceh on December 26, 2024, the 20th anniversary of the tsunami. Tearful mourners prayed on December 26 as ceremonies began across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean, in one of the world's worst natural disasters. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)