Second are new monuments intentionally designed and constructed after the tsunami, such as the Aceh Tsunami Museum and the Tsunami Poles erected in over 50 locations across Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar.

Many wept as they placed flowers at a mass grave in Ulee Lheue village, where more than 14,000 unidentified tsunami victims are buried. It is one of several mass graves in Banda Aceh, the capital ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from World. Followed categories will be added to My News. Twenty years after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami caused unimaginable devastation across 14 countries ...

See the incredible photos ... into a tsunami-themed museum. AFP) A sign commemorates the 20th anniversary of the tsunami at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh. Picture: AFP A group ...

Representatives of the Muslim community in Aceh during the 20th anniversary commemoration event of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh, on Thursday ...

A boy walks past the Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Museum in the southern Thai province of Phang Nga. Photo: AFP Tearful mourners prayed on ... of 14 countries from Indonesia to Somalia. In Indonesia's Aceh ...

320,000 people resided in Banda Aceh in late 2004 – within minutes 100,000 were killed by the tsunami. From a distance, the waves looked like a ‘bubbling white line in the sea’ (Photo by AFP ...

The Aceh Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh houses photos of the aftermath and vehicle debris, serving as a constant reminder of what was lost that day. Local authorities have also turned a former ...

such as the Aceh Tsunami Museum and the Tsunami Poles erected in more than 50 locations across Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar. The establishment of disaster memorials is always political. Disaster ...