The Asian Tsunami: Five Years Later

An woman mourns the death of a relative who was killed by the tsunami in Cuddalore, India
Arko Datta / Reuters

Unbearable Pain
An woman mourns the death of a relative who was killed by the tsunami in Cuddalore, India. Almost 228,000 people died when an under-sea earthquake triggered massive tidal waves on Dec. 26, 2004.

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