'We couldn't find their bodies': Indonesian tsunami survivors mourn the dead


Children holding national flags during prayers for the tsunami victims at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque on Dec 26, 2024. - AFP

BANDA ACEH: Under the shade of trees at a mass grave in Indonesia's Aceh province, survivors and mourners recited Islamic prayers, commemorating the deaths of tens of thousands killed when a tsunami decimated the area two decades ago.

The relatives of the victims sat in a circle on the grass at Siron mass grave, where the bodies of 46,000 people were buried.

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